Genius - in psychology, a person of extraordinary intellectual power. Is also used to designate creative ability of an exceptionally high order as demonstrated by actual achievement. Genius is distinguished from talent both quantitatively and qualitatively. Talent refers to a native aptitude for some special kind of work and implies a relatively quick and easy acquisition of a particular skill. Genius involves originality, creativeness, and the ability to think and work in areas not previously explored and thus to give the world something of value it would not otherwise possess. Although geniuses have usually left their unique mark in a particular field, studies of the early development of these people appear to show that their general intelligence is also exceptionally high.
             There have been a variety of attempts to explain the nature and source of genius. One theory holds that the genius belongs to a separate psychobiological species, differing as much from ordinary man in his mental and emotional processes as man differs from the ape. Another theory looks upon genius as closely related to neurosis and psychosis. Although modern psychoanalytic theory would also hold that genius, like neurosis and psychosis, has its source in basic conflict between the self and environment, in the genius these conflicts are resolved in such a way that the symptoms and products are socially useful and valued. Investigations indicate that the genius is actually somewhat less prone to mental disorders, physical weakness, and bodily deformities than are people in general. Children who show exceptionally high general intelligence of the sort that may be classified as "gifted" or "potential genius" are on the average superior to other children in physique and health and in emotional and social adjustment.
             As for the question of forgiveness, first we need to think who needs that forgiveness. If a person is a genius, this fact becomes predominant in his...