Are madness and genius only seperated by degrees of success??? Define your answer.....
2007-03-23 15:46:40 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Often you will see that someone who is incredibly smart or talented is also mentally ill - for instance Van Gogh, who is one of the most admired painters, was severely delusional and killed himself. The book "A Beautiful Mind" details the life of John Nash, a brilliant mathematician who was also very ill. I think quite often genius and madness are closely related.
2007-03-23 16:39:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genius refers to an exceptionally high IQ level, as defined by validated IQ tests. Madness refers to a psychological abnormality, or one who differs dramatically from their peers, in their way of thinking. This is one of those issues where one can be a genius motivated by madness, etc. However, they do not travel hand and hand. One can be a mad moron. One can also be a very conventionally thinking genius.
2007-03-24 10:50:04 · answer #2 · answered by sestantonse58 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
“The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.”
“No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness" Aristotle.
Everyone knows examples of creative people --Nietzsche, Van Gogh, etc.--- who later went crazy, and crazy people who produce amazing creative works as part of their therapy. Mental health professionals who have realized this often display the artwork of their psychotic patients, which is of profound depth and quality.
Much art (Hieronymous Bosch, surrealism, Dadaism, Edvard Munch, and other parts of the avant-garde, Salvador Dali) seems to be the work of madmen. This premise has been criticized by art specialists who believe that creative people are very stable and normal, although they may occasionally use unusual modes of thinking.
It is known that before starting to paint that van Gogh began to see auras and the usual distortions that many sufferers of migraine headaches suffer.
Others propose the deprivation/compensation hypothesis: the suffering/starving artist creates to compensate for his lack and his suffering through the act of creation. While such suffering is usually socioeconomic, it may also be a result of illness, one kind of which could be mental illness.
From this point of view, mental illness is only indirectly connected to creative ability; other forms of illness (Beethoven's deafness, Frieda Kahlo's pain, etc.) are impetuses as well.
2007-03-23 23:26:26 · answer #3 · answered by Noor al Haqiqa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Madness and genius are not the same thing. Why just the other day I pissed off a doctor and created a mad genius
2007-03-23 22:57:03 · answer #4 · answered by Signed1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
True. It's like pickledchang said... you become a genius when your theories are accepted.
Example: Einstein, genius; Dr. Emmet Brown (Back to the Future), madman...
2007-03-25 05:32:48 · answer #5 · answered by A. Snook 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
False
2007-03-23 23:02:00 · answer #6 · answered by kampirus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
False. The difference is that one is used for good while the other is used for bad. Both can be successful at obtaining their goal, but the bad person who obtained his goal was also successful since that was his intention.
2007-03-23 22:56:14 · answer #7 · answered by Mariposa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are all mad, but you become a genius only if your thoughts/theories are accepted.
2007-03-23 22:55:43 · answer #8 · answered by pickledchang 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Society seems to delegate such social morays
2007-03-23 23:31:25 · answer #9 · answered by blackhawk V16 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not....
Genious is not enough for success, concetration, focus, persistence, hard work is....
And a mad person is not capable of it.
2007-03-23 22:53:01 · answer #10 · answered by russiancatsima 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋