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Edgar Allan Poe

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

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Edgar Allan Poe is saying that science has not determined whether madness is a form of extraordinary intelligence or something entirely different. He suggests that what we call madness might actually be a heightened or extreme version of intelligence, but this idea remains uncertain.

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