The Man of Genius
First published in English in 1891, the present work argues that genius is a morbid condition, a form of insanity (albeit a very special one), which often occurs alongside physical or other mental abnormalities. Alexander was short. Cardano a hypochondriac. Socrates had a cretin-like physiognomy. Giotto had rickets. Kant had an abnormal development of the left parietal bone. Erasmus stammered. Saint Paul was an epileptic. Coleridge an alcoholic. Nerval a manic depressive. Carlyle abused his wife. Lombroso surveys hundreds of artistic, literary, and religious figures, noting the aberrations in their personalities, private lives, habits, creati…
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- ISBN: 978-1-909606-12-8
- EAN: 9781909606128
- Produktnummer: 21906332
- Verlag: Wermod and Wermod Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 590 S.
- Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D3.7 cm 924 g
- Auflage: Annotated 2nd
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
- Gewicht: 924
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