Summary
Cesare Lombroso: Genius and Madness
Contents: PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION I INTRODUCTION I HISTORY II THE PHYSIOLOGY OF GENIUS AND THE ANALOGY WITH INSANITY III THE INFLUENCE OF TIME OPPORTUNITIES ON PEOPLE OF GENIUS. ANALOGIES WITH MENTAL PEOPLE IV EXAMPLES OF MENTAL GENIUS V EXAMPLES OF INSANITY IN GENIUS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INSANITY AND THE JUST DESCRIBED GENIUS VII SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PEOPLE OF GENIUS WHO WERE AT THE SAME TIME MENTAL PEOPLE VIII DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PEOPLE OF GENIUS WHO WERE NOT MENTALLY ILL AND CONCLUSION FIRST APPENDIX Newspapers that were released in insane asylums SECOND APPENDIX Library of personalities THIRD APPENDIX Irregularity of the skulls of great people FOURTH APPENDIX Controversy (between doctors F. Bonuči and C. Lombroz on the closeness of genius and madness) PERSONALITIES APPEARING IN BOOK 9 NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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