Top 5 Greatest Geniuses of All Time

When it comes to ' genes ', the first person to whom you think (instinctively and automatically), is Albert Einstein. At this point, you'll be a little surprised to find out why this character, designated as the personification of genius, is not included in our list that includes the 5 greatest geniuses of all time. The reason is simple:Einstein's I.q. (about 160)it is not enough to let him in the standings and categorise him among the "best genes of the whole story."

But what is the intelligence quotient I.q.? In short, the quotient intelletivo is an indicator that serves to define the level of intelligence possessed by a person, through various tests that make up the so-called intelligence tests. THE I.Q. normal ranges from 85-115 (according to the Stanford-Binet scale). Only 1 percent of the world's population has a higher I.q. to 135.

> 200 Immeasurable genius
180-200 Highest genius
165-179 High genius
155-164 Genius (Nobel Laureate)
145-154 Genius
135-144 Highly gifted intelligence
125-134 Markedly Higher Intelligence
110-124 Middle-Upper Intelligence
90-109 Average intelligence
84-89 Lower Average Intelligence
70-79 Intelligence at the edge of deficit
69 (or less) Mental deficit

That said, here are the top 5 people turned out as the largest genes (in the history) of all time.

1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)



Goethe, German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theater director, critic and amateur artist, is considered to be the undisputed ruler of the German literary scene of the modern age.He was born in Frankfurt but only 16 years leaves her hometown to Leipzig. Was a fictional character in social and cultural life. He found himself attracted to writing, medicine, poetry, drawing and figurative art.He devoted himself to studies of magic, astrology, Alchemy. After Leipzig movedin Strasbourg where alongsidelegal disciplinesstudiedmusic, art, Anatomy and chemistry.

Among his most important literary works: the masterpiece Faust and the epistolary novel the sorrows of Young Werther (1774).In the European context he appears as the Central Representative and insuperable cultural movement called German romanticism.


2. Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)

Leonardo Da Vinci was a painter, architect, scientist and writer, and is one of the most distinguished minds produced by mankind.

He was born in Vinci, a small rural village in the Florentine countryside. When 17 years old, he moved to Florence and worked as an apprentice in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio. In Florence there is 13 years old and his desire to learn is, to put it mildly, hectic. Paints, draws, learn Latin by self-taught, became interested in anatomy, architecture, engineering and other sciences.

From 1482 and other 17 years Leonardo moved toMilan,where is taken to the Court of Ludovico il Moro and is dedicated, not only to military equipment projects and works of architecture, but also, and especially, to painting. Are among the many works, the famous "Lady with an ermine", the first version of the "Virgin of the rocks" and the famous "last supper" at Santa Maria delle Grazie.

After the fall of Ludovico il Moro, leaving Milan and begins a long journey by visiting Mantua, Venice and Friuli to return to Florence. In 1513 he moved to Rome and immediately after accepting the invitation of the King of France, Francis I, where he occupied the post of first painter, architect and engineer of the King and settled in the Castle of Clouxwhere he died on May 2, 1519.


3. Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772)

Emanuel Swedenborg was a scientist, philosopher, Mystic, medium and clairvoyant. Born in Stockholm in a very religious family, imbued with spirituality (his father Jesper was an Bishop). In the first part of his life, Swedenborg had a fruitful and productive career as a scientist and inventor: he worked on chemistry, Anatomy, mathematics, philosophy. It was said of him that he spoke fluent in eleven languages.

But the real turning point in his life, had a 56 years old, where he embarked on a Christian and spiritual phase of mysticism, in which he firmly believed to communicate with angels and spirits. He stopped dealing with any other activity, except for that of theology, to which he has devoted himself body and soul. He wrote more than 50 books, most of them in Latin.Among these works are mostly the ope ra monumental Arcana Coelestia ­ (1749-56) — a commentary on the book of Genesis; De Cultu Et Amore Dei (1745) where he dealt with the birth of the world; and Regnum Animale (1744-45) where Swedenborg examined the mysteries of the soul.

It was the same Leonardo to sell to the King of France la Gioconda, the most famous painting in the world, currently on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Anothercuriosityworthy of note on Leonardo, concerns a ruse adopted by the same, to preserve its confidential written. This stratagem consisted in writing from left to right and anagrammando words . What about more ... Just brilliant!!


4. Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716)

Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz was born in Leipzig and was a mathematician, scientist, philosopher, logician, novelist, diplomat, jurist, historian, magistrate German Lusatian-Serbian. Tell him that just 6 years learn Latin alone and only 15 years old he was accepted at the University of Leipzig, where in 2 years takes a degree in philosophy, and after another 3 years with a degree in jurisprudence.

You must to Leibniz the mathematical term "feature" which is used to denote a quantity whose variation is provided by a curve and to indicate the slope of this curve and its peculiar point. Leibniz also invented, along with Isaac Newton's calculus.

It was an excellent diplomat, librarian, historian and philosopher. In the philosophy of Leibniz, the universe consists of numerous centres of force or spiritual energy, which he called "Monads". Every Monad reflects the universe and develops independently from all others, but the universe consisting of these Monads is the harmonious result of a divine plan.

It remains famous his sentence on love, that "to love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another."


5. John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)

John Stuart Mill was a British philosopher and Economist. Have written about him that was a child extremely early: since 3 years studied mathematics and history; a 10 years currently law the Greek and Latin Classics in their original language.

Mill was a man of extreme simplicity in his way of life. It is undeniable the influence his work exerted on contemporary English thought and there can be no doubt about the value of the liberal spirit and inquiring, in which Mill has handled the big problems of his time. As a philosopher he acceded to utilitarianism, and although many of his positions are departed from the classical doctrine in favour of the free market, is also referred to by many as a classic liberal. For him only the laws of production are defined by natural laws, and hence unchangeable, while distribution laws are considered to be modifiable.

"Principles of Political Economy with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy" (1848, principles of political economy with some applications to social philosophy), it remains without any bubbio, its fundamental work.

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