2007-05-30 06:33:21 · 6 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
"Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
- Edgar Allan Poe"
We've come along way from Poe's time ... so I wanted to re-ask for him.
2007-05-30 06:45:08 · update #1
Chesterton said it is logical thinking that drives a man crazy. The logical thinker will try to explain everything as deeply as he can but because the universe has so many mysteries he is driven crazy by the fact that he cannot logically cross the ocean of questions.
So I would say yes because I believe intelligence is logic based thinking.
2007-05-30 06:41:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think there is a good case for geniuses to be diagnosed with a mental disability, but I don't believe the opposite is true.
Autistic Savants-
John Nash
Kim Peek
Daniel Tammet
Speculated as being Autistic
Albert Einstein
Paul Dirac
Lewis Carrol
Isaac Newton
Thomas Jefferson
Andy Warhol
2007-05-30 07:38:40 · answer #2 · answered by Telemon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well studies have shown that madness and intelligence are completely different..i totaly disagree i think madness is the way to see things through in a fake kinda way so that we don't get hurt or crazy, so we think (intelligence)things not relying on reallity but relying on a world we creat in our minds that's why there are many explanations for things.I enjoy madness it is more fun than the real world!!!
2007-05-30 08:38:36 · answer #3 · answered by joanna s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Studies have shown no correlation between IQ and madness.
In fact the opposite tens to be true in cases of scizophrenia.
2007-05-30 06:38:04 · answer #4 · answered by The Oracle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it a relevant statement now as then and as unanswerable in question format
2007-05-30 06:55:40 · answer #5 · answered by Don W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on what kind of "madness".
2007-05-30 06:38:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋