Poetic Imagination and Insanity

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By Wilhelm Dilthey

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In 1886, in a speech to a group of military physicians, the prominent German philosopher Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911) rejected the traditional connection between artistic genius and inspired insanity. Here is an English translation of this speech, together with an extensive commentary.

Poetic Imagination and Insanity