“Napoleon, the greatest of the conquerors, is a sufficient proof that great men of action are criminals...

>“Napoleon, the greatest of the conquerors, is a sufficient proof that great men of action are criminals, and therefore, not geniuses. One can understand him by thinking of the tremendous intensity with which he tried to escape from himself. There is this element in all the conquerors, great or small. Just because he had great gifts, greater than those of any emperor before him, he had greater difficulty in stifling the disapproving voice within him. The motive of his ambition was the craving to stifle his better self.”

that's an interesting perspective

*murders you and your sister with an ax*

>criminals, and therefore, not geniuses
stopped reading at this leap of logic

>doesn't continue to read the justification

Hmm

There was no justification, only an extrapolation

You didn't get it

That's one of the most reddit quotes I've ever seen

You should go back there then, brainlet.

Genius only shows through action, coincidently the most action heavy people tend to be criminals, therefore this correlation. Of course, there is always a fine line between becoming a violent near sighted ruffian and a brooding timid monast.