The Man of Genius

Cesare Lombroso

• Essays
• Book language: English
• 345 pages

The Man of Genius is a collection of essays by Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso. It explores the idea that exceptional creative and intellectual ability is often linked to mental instability, drawing on biographical and anthropological examples. It offers a historical window into nineteenth-century debates about creativity, heredity, and madness.

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