Re:When Beethoven Met Goethe
by cowpatcallr on Thursday August 10, 2017 @08:13PM
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It goes back further than that, i thought.
The greeks had the same notion: one wasn't "a" genius, one "had" a genius - a spirit (the logos?) which was the inspiration and source of creativity and brilliance.
The whole idea was around invoking the logos to garner this brilliance.
The greeks had the same notion: one wasn't "a" genius, one "had" a genius - a spirit (the logos?) which was the inspiration and source of creativity and brilliance.
The whole idea was around invoking the logos to garner this brilliance.