"Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementia."
— Genius
January 1, 1970
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There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. — Aristotle. Quoted by Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy. Attributed to Aristotle also by Seneca the Younger, Problem. 30. — See also Seneca, De Tranquillitate Animi, XVII. 10. Cicero, Tusculum. I. 33. 80; also in De Div. I. 37
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There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. — Aristotle. Quoted by Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy. Attributed to Aristotle also by Seneca the Younger, Problem. 30. — See also Seneca, De Tranquillitate Animi, XVII. 10. Cicero, Tusculum. I. 33. 80; also in De Div. I. 37