1. the
ability to recognize differences, similarities and
identities.
(HCO PL 26 Apr 70 R)2. a
tolerance of
confusion and an agreed-upon
stable datum on which to
align the
data in a
confusion are at once necessary for a sane reaction on the eight
dynamics. This defines sanity.
(Scn 0-8, p. 36)3. the
computation of
futures.
(Scn 0-8, p. 89)4. a balance of creation and
destruction is sanity. The
individual is sane wherever he will
create and
destroy.
(Scn 8-8008, p. 99)5. the
legal definition of sanity is the "
ability to tell
right from
wrong."
(PAB 63)6. the
ability to tell differences. The
better one can tell differences, no
matter how minute, and know the width of those differences, the more rational he is. The less one can tell differences and the closer one comes to
thinking in
identities (A=A) the less sane he is.
(DMSMH, p. 338)7. sanity is the
measure of how ably an
individual assists things which
assist survival, and inhibits things which inhibit
survival.
(5109CM24A)8. the degree of
rationality of an
individual.
(DASF)9.
rationality. A
man is sane in the
ratio that he can compute accurately,
limited only by
information and
viewpoint.
(EOS, p. 42)10. an
absolute perfection in reasoning, which would
resolve problems to the
optimum good of all those concerned.
(5203CM03A)11. sanity is
certainty, providing only that that
certainty does not
fall beyond the
conviction of another when he views it.
(COHA, p. 187)