...who have been " refined by conversation, reflection and the reading of the most polite authors"; who have "formed themselves by rules and submitted the...talents to the corrections and restraints of art." " The great danger in these latter — \ kind of geniuses, is lest they cramp their own abilities too...

...but only for Distinction's sake, as they are of a different kind. This second Class of great Genius's are those that have formed themselves by Rules, and...Aristotle; among the Romans, Virgil and Tully; among English, Milton and Sir Francis Bacon." Die Genies beider Arten mögen gleich groß sein, aber jedes...

...him in the second class of great geniuses1 — in a distinguished fellowship of the law-abiding, with 'those that have formed themselves by rules, and submitted...greatness of their natural talents to the corrections and the restraints of art.'2 And a modern editor of Addison, Professor Cook, writes: ' That Milton would...

...of their own times, and the wonder of posterity." Zu ihnen gehören: Homer, Pindar, Shakespeare. 2. „The second class of great geniuses are those that...talents to the corrections and restraints of art" (z. B. Virgil). Diese Genies werden der ersten Art gleichgestellt (Spec. No. 160). In gewissem Widerspruch...

...own times, and the wonder of posterity". Dieser Gruppe stehen die „learned geniuses" gegenüber, „that have formed themselves by rules, and submitted...talents to the corrections and restraints of art". Wie Dryden erkennt Addison beide in ihrer Eigenart an, aber wie Dryden bewundert er doch mehr die erste...

...own times, and the wonder of posterity". Dieser Gruppe stehen die „learned geniuses" gegenüber, „that have formed themselves by rules, and submitted...talents to the corrections and restraints of art". Wie Dryden erkennt Addison beide in ihrer Eigenart an, aber wie Dryden bewundert er doch mehr die erste...

...have delighted readers, geniuses like Shakespeare and Pindar; and, secondly, the trained geniuses, "that have formed themselves by rules, and submitted...talents to the corrections and restraints of art" — men like Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, Tully, and Milton. This dual concepi of genius had enormous...

...think them inferior to the first, but only for distinction's sake as they are of a different kind. This second class of great geniuses are those that have...Greeks were Plato and Aristotle; among the Romans, Vergil and Tully; among the English, Milton and Sir Francis Bacon. The genius in both these classes...

...the wonder of posterity.' The second class of geniuses, differing in kind rather than in excellence, 'are those that have formed themselves by rules, and...talents to the corrections and restraints of art'; among them are numbered Plato, Virgil, and Milton. With natural genius, Addison associates other concepts...

...judgement too; he belongs to that class of geniuses, such as Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, and Cicero, who 'have formed themselves by Rules, and submitted the...Talents to the Corrections and Restraints of Art' (Spectator 160). In this Spectator essay Addison distinguishes this kind of genius from the great natural...