unbalanced mind

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The press would later describe the man as 'an insane crank,' 'a dangerous maniac,' and 'a man of unbalanced mind.'

From The Verge • Mar. 7, 2015

Celsus, a 2nd century anti-Christian polemicist, suggested that the Resurrection was a figment of Mary Magdalene's unbalanced mind.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indeed, he saw pursuit of a single truth as a symptom of an unbalanced mind, tantamount to superstition!

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

He was, in all probability, of unbalanced mind, a monomaniac, as most prophets have been; but there is no reason to think that he did not believe in himself, and substantially in what he taught.

From Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning by Doane, T. W.

Thus good or bad, to one extreme betray The unbalanced mind, and snatch the man away: For virtue's self may too much zeal be had; The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.

From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by Gilfillan, George