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There is no great genius without some touch of madness. — Aristotle

Essay · Philosophical literature

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

In the original Latin

Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit.

Aristotle
Quoted in On the Tranquility of the Mind, by Seneca · 60
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Current citation
Seneca the Younger. "On Tranquility of Mind." Moral Essays. Vol. 2, Harvard University Press, 1963.
Original citation
Seneca the Younger. De Tranquillitate Animi [On the Tranquility of the Mind]. c. 60.

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