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doubts—Sexual abnormalities—Egoism—Eccentricity—Inspiration.
CHAPTER II.
Analogy of Sane to Insane Genius
Want of character—Pride—Precocity—Alcoholism—Degenerative signs—Obsession—Men of genius in revolutions.
CHAPTER III.
The Epileptoid Nature of Genius
Etiology—Symptoms—Confessions of men of genius—The life of a great epileptic—Napoleon—Saint Paul—The saints—Philanthropic hysteria.
CHAPTER IV.
Sane Men of Genius
Their unperceived defects—Richelieu—Sesostris—Foscolo—Michelangelo—Darwin.
CHAPTER V.
Conclusions
Appendix
Index