Some Reflections on Genius: And Other EssaysObservations on creative inspiration and eccentricities of Samuel Johnson, Charles Dickens, Jacob Epstein, and others, presented by a British neurologist. |
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... thought . As Goethe ( Con- versations of Goethe with Eckermann ( 1930 ) ) , put it : " No pro- ductiveness of the highest kind , no remarkable discovery , no great thought that bears fruit and has results is in the power of anyone ...
... thought . As Goethe ( Con- versations of Goethe with Eckermann ( 1930 ) ) , put it : " No pro- ductiveness of the highest kind , no remarkable discovery , no great thought that bears fruit and has results is in the power of anyone ...
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... thought one had accomplished nothing , and seemed to be on a totally wrong track . These efforts , however , were not as barren as one thought ; they set the unconscious machine in mo- tion , and without them it would not have worked at ...
... thought one had accomplished nothing , and seemed to be on a totally wrong track . These efforts , however , were not as barren as one thought ; they set the unconscious machine in mo- tion , and without them it would not have worked at ...
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... thought his letters as a whole more interesting . She said she thought it a pity that so much that was near doggerel should be published in the collected editions , because while his best poetry was supreme , much of what he wrote wasn ...
... thought his letters as a whole more interesting . She said she thought it a pity that so much that was near doggerel should be published in the collected editions , because while his best poetry was supreme , much of what he wrote wasn ...
Contents
Some Reflections on Genius | 9 |
lEnfant Terrible | 23 |
Dr Johnson on Science | 34 |
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