Included in the collection: 1. Genius and Madness 2. Woman, Criminal and Prostitute 3. At the heart of the teachings of Lombroso are materialistic views that guided the works of phrenologists and were especially widespread in the 60s. His first works in the field of medicine, especially on cretinism, drew Virchow's attention to him. Lombroso created the theory of neuroticism of genius people, on the basis of which he built a bold parallel between genius and unconsciousness, as well as mental anomalies. Creativity is always inextricably linked with a deviation from the norm - whether temporary, light and non-dangerous, or long and heavy, sometimes reaching monstrous pathologies. But, in any case, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche would be nothing without their madness, Madame de Pompadour would not have become regent of France had she not been a prostitute and a criminal, and the Marquis de Sade would never have written his great works, do not express his passion in sadism. Fearing madness and seeking to lock him in psychiatric hospitals, humanity should not forget how much it owes to this madness. Sometimes the actions of crazy people make us ashamed of the word "man", but at the same time, we could hardly be proud of him, if it were not crazy.