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- 001
„Genius is often said to be unconscious, or spontaneous, or a gift of nature: that 'genius is akin to madness' is a popular aphorism of modern times.”
- 002
„The concentration of the mind on a single object, or on a single aspect of human nature, overpowers the orderly perception of the whole.”
- 003
„And no man can be a rhapsode who does not understand the meaning of the poet. For the rhapsode ought to interpret the mind of the poet to his hearers, but how can he interpret him well unless he knows what he means?”
— Socrates - 004
„I am a common man, who only speak the truth.”
s - 005
„For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of his senses, and the mind is no longer in him: when he has not attained to this state, he is powerless and is unable to utter his oracles.”
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