[G]enius is a true degenerative psychosis belonging to the … - Cesare Lombroso

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[G]enius is a true degenerative psychosis belonging to the group of moral insanity . . .

Cesare Lombroso

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About Cesare Lombroso

Cesare Lombroso (6 November, 1835 – 19 October, 1909) was an Italian criminologist and founder of the Italian School of Positivist Criminology. He is the father of Criminology or the father of modern Criminology.

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Alternative Names: Ezechia Marco Lombroso

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The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand.

It is a sad mission to cut through and destroy with the scissors of analysis the delicate and iridescent veils with which our proud mediocrity clothes itself.

Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius, never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is so ready to treat great men as lunatics.

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