Ernst HengstenbergThinkers

Madness (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠tied to prophecy by an old argument: if the crowd took the prophets for madmen, their state must have touched madness somewhere.