ABSTRACT

This is Volume XI of twenty-one of collection of works on Individual Differences. Initially published in 1931, it offers a look at the psychology of genius and is created from the careful examination of a very comprehensive primary source of material in the form of artistic works, but more especially of letters, diaries, memoirs and the original reports of contemporaries. This book is concerned entirely with the personality of genius, the laws governing its biological origin and the psychology of its inner instinctive structure.

part I|104 pages

Laws

chapter 1|21 pages

The Inner Voice

chapter 2|23 pages

Instinct and Intellect

chapter 4|13 pages

The breeding of talent

chapter 5|36 pages

Genius and Race

part II|85 pages

PATTERNS

chapter 6|16 pages

Spiritual Periodicity

chapter 7|13 pages

Sex and Puberty

chapter 8|12 pages

The Scientist

chapter 9|18 pages

Heroes and Leaders

chapter 11|15 pages

The Prophet

part III|63 pages

Portrait Collection

chapter 12|4 pages

Preliminary Remarks on the Illustrations

chapter 13|54 pages

Philosophers

chapter 14|1 pages

Sources of the Portrait Collection