Greatness: Who Makes History and Why

520 Pages·1994·23.102 MB·English

by  Dean Simonton

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GREATNESS
Who Makes History and Why

GREATNESS
Who Makes History and Why
Dean Keith Simonton
University of California at Davis
THE GUILFORD PRESS
New York London
© 1994 The Guilford Press
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Last digit is print number: 98765432 1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Simonton, Dean Keith.
Greatness: who makes history and why / Dean Keith Simonton.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-89862-370-7 — ISBN 0-89862-201-8 (pbk.)
1. Genius—History. 2. Genius—Philosophy. 3. History-
Philosophy. 4. History—Psychological aspects. I. Title.
BF412.S56 1994
93-48127
153.9-8—dc20
CIP
Per festeggiare il sovvenire
di un grand Uomo *
““To celebrate the memory of a great man”—If I may borrow Beethoven’s dedica¬
tion to his Sinfonia Eroica (1804). The “great man” referred to was Napoleon, but could
here point to all men and women who have attained greatness, including Beethoven him¬
self.