It has often been remarked that there is a side at which genius and madness touch, and even pass over into each other, and indeed poetical inspiration has been called a kind of madness: amabilis insania, Horace calls it (Od. iii.
Genialitateak eta eromenak alde bat izatea bata bestea mugatzen duena, are batzuetan bata bestearen gainetik iragatea, maiz ohartu eta inspirazio poetikoa eromen mota bat izendatu ere egin izan da: