Charles Binet-Sanglé (4 July 1868 – 14 November 1941) was a French military doctor and psychologist, who notably was the first to broadly and thoroughly question the mental health of Jesus, which he did in his four-volume work La Folie de Jésus.[1][2]

Charles Hippolyte Louis Jules Binet
Born(1868-07-04)4 July 1868
Clamecy, France
Died14 November 1941(1941-11-14) (aged 73)
Nice, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Physician, psychologist
Notable workLa Folie de Jésus
Le Haras humain
AwardsLegion of Honour

His other most influential work, Le Haras Humain (The Human Stud-Farm) suggested that euthanasia was necessary in some cases, and that a eugenic institute must be founded to encourage education of the improvement for the human race.[3] The book was heavily censored in France.[4]

He was decorated Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1912 and promoted Officer of the same order in 1922.[5]

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  1. ^ Binet-Sanglé, Charles (1908–1915). La folie de Jésus [The Madness of Jesus] (in French). Vol. 1–4. Paris: A. Maloine. LCCN 08019439. OCLC 4560820.
  2. ^ Havis, Don (April–June 2001). "An Inquiry into the Mental Health of Jesus: Was He Crazy?". Secular Nation. Minneapolis: Atheist Alliance Inc. ISSN 1530-308X. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  3. ^ Ash, Mitchell G. (2008). "Marius Turda, Paul J. Weindling (Editors). "Blood and Homeland": Eugenics and Racial Nationalism in Central and Southeast Europe, 1900–1940. ix + 467 pp., figs., index. Budapest/New York: Central European University Press, 2007. $54.95 (cloth)". Isis. 99 (3): 644–645. doi:10.1086/593266. ISSN 0021-1753.
  4. ^ "Résumés de mémoires de Master Recherche - Universités de Bordeaux 2, Nancy 1 et Paris 11, 2009-2010". Revue d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique. 59 (1): 62–65. 2011. doi:10.1016/j.respe.2010.12.008. ISSN 0398-7620.
  5. ^ "Dossier de Légion d'honneur de Charles Binet". Ministère de la Culture (in French). Retrieved 2019-09-09.
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