Do great minds fight or do great things when they meet?  

Do great minds fight or do do great things together? Eidon, Voltaire, Shakesphere, Galeio are were great minds. Were they enhanced by great associations with other like minded individuals who further enhanced intelllectual prowess.

One of the most famous geniouses Albert Einstein befriended W.E.B Dubois, and kept a dialogue and association with Paul Robeson who was a genious in his own right but was ostrasized unpopular beliefs.

Friends can feed off one another, challenge one another and in the end support one another when it seems everyone else is against them.

The story of John Nash is about detachment, and delusion but also about love.John Nash was provided a Social environment that allowed him to work out and around his own emotions and indosyrinties. What allowed to live long enough to find his place where an Edgar Poe or a Van Gogh fell short? The associations are what made successful people who they became.