What does "center" refer to? The mental center (the brain)? The mind?

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The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness

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http://www.amazon.com/The-Center-Cannot-Hold-Journey/dp/1401309445

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[+3] - layman - 05/16/2015The book review at that link says this: [quote]The title is a line from "The Second Coming," a poem by William Butler Yeats, which is alluded to in the book.[/quote] If I had to...
[+3] - layman - 05/16/2015Here's a little more context: [quote]Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,[/quote] Things are "falling apart," kinda like I thought, it...

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@oristarA,

The book review at that link says this:

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The title is a line from "The Second Coming," a poem by William Butler Yeats, which is alluded to in the book.

If I had to guess, I might think it means that this person keeps deviating to extremes, and has trouble maintaining (holding) a "balance" in the center. I'm not familiar with the Yeats poem.

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@oristarA,

Here's a little more context:

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Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

Things are "falling apart," kinda like I thought, it seems.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Second_Coming_(poem)

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@layman,

I admire the courage that the university has showed in employing her as a professor. Apparently they know how to use a talent.

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