In Reply to: Genius is an ultimate word, and like most such words has been devalued by pop culture. posted by Timbo in Oz on May 15, 2012 at 23:31:17:
I guess my question to you is "genius" limited to a certain period of the arts? Can nothing else qualify since then?
Beethoven, Mozart, Bach for music. No Brian Wilson or Beatles, much less Berlin, Gershwin, or Porter?
After Shakespeare, Dickens, and Tolstoy, are all other writers less than genius?
I think you are refining the word to too pure a state.
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Follow Ups
- I've posted a definition below. - jimbill 22:16:40 05/16/12 (3)
- RE: I've posted a definition below. Maaate, as I've already posted I was a part of surf culture as it began - Timbo in Oz 00:53:22 05/17/12 (2)
- I guess my definition isn't as limited as yours. - jimbill 18:42:01 05/17/12 (0)
- RE: I've posted a definition below. Maaate, as I've already posted I was a part of surf culture as it began - josh358 18:32:15 05/17/12 (0)