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Quotation from Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone
“A lunatic is indeed properly one that hath lucid intervals; sometimes enjoying his senses, and sometimes not, and that frequently depending upon the change of the moon.”
Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book I, ch. 8 (First edition, Oxford 1765, Project Gutenberg #30802 text)
From the account of the crown's custody of lunatics, which distinguishes lost reason from idiocy from birth.
Citation: "A lunatic is indeed properly one that hath lucid intervals; sometimes enjoying his senses, and sometimes not, and that frequently depending upon the change of the moon." — William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book I, ch. 8 (First edition, Oxford 1765, Project Gutenberg #30802 text). (id commentaries-on-the-laws-of-england-q8)
Portrait: William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England (1st ed, 1765, vol I, title page), William Blackstone (10 July 1723 – 14 February 1780)., Public domain.
