History of genius concept

The genius noun (Genius) has been used by a Roman author, Plautus, as a cultural concept for more than 2,000 years, both as a balance of society as well as a double-edged sword of a civilian movement. master.

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Besides power, and charm, a man named as a genius has a supernatural power, contained in the secrets of the universe, a powerful destructive power. Therefore, geniuses in ancient Rome in addition to their crazy, eccentric, strong sexual instincts are also bestowed with sublime abilities, divine powers, empowered powers by mysterious forces. to step into the secrets of the world. They are like the elite descendants of God. In ancient Greece, bright stars of the era - poets, philosophers, politicians were always great male models.

The concept of genius, since ancient times has shown a wide spectrum from poets, philosophers, artists, scientists, inventors, composers, military strategists, entrepreneurs and even a horse.

By the time the football coaches or rock stars were also called geniuses, the original meaning of this name had gradually faded away. Now, genius only has individuals with superiority, no opponents and no doubt, capable of defying time. However, it seems that the noun of genius is increasingly obsessed, abusive and easy to use. Even in 1938, the prestigious Time magazine also "adhered Adolf Hitler to " The Destroyer " on the podium of the 'Man of the Year' , which is equal to a genius, no different from indirectly promoting. for the most horrifying massacre in history.

In 1938, the prestigious Time magazine published Adolf Hitler's "Terminator" on the podium of the "Man of the Year" , equal to a genius.

Perhaps Albert Einstein is the most perfect embodiment of the concept of genius in the original sense as well as in accordance with modern spirit, a form of 'modern genius genius'. 'I want to know how God created the world,' Einstein said.

Want to appreciate the role of genius in the modern world, each of us must understand that genius is the final product of the aspirations of ordinary people. Desiring the salvation of geniuses with the most worship, they don't know that the author of genius is himself. Although it is undeniable that genius always has something special, it is difficult to grasp something specific. The genius reality contributes to creating society with their inimitable uniqueness. They affirmed their image in their own way and did not choose to step into the pattern of social imagination or patterns that went ahead.

The concept of genius reaches the most quintessential and flourishing in the 18th century as a miraculous enlightenment. Scholars have recognized the emergence of outstanding figures in this period as the highest manifestation of the concept of genius. This is due to the impact of capitalism on the development of aesthetics for new genius models. And now, geniuses appear as if they were entrusted with the fate of the new civilization. They become intermediaries between people and gods, help the world awake, pull the curtain to reveal a richer, deeper, more special and terrible universe than previously imagined. These are characters like poet Byron, composer Beethoven, and Poincaré mathematician, scientist Edison. Genius is like a stream of light that enlightens the darkness of humankind. Geniuses are also people who know how to touch the universe, know the future and know how to walk into the soul of every human being.

Einstein - 'The ultimate genius of geniuses'

By the beginning of the twentieth century, the concept of genius had advanced one step, becoming a authority, a cultural movement. IQ tests were invented. The idea of ​​worshiping leaders like Stalin, Hitler was born. Characters like Einstein and Mark Twain have become great cultural symbols. However, the stories surrounding Einstein's legendary brain are still overturned, as a way to explain the secrets of the universe and to comfort humanity in the turmoil of the times. Einstein's genius is like a 'medium' of the universe, a shuttle between ordinary humans and the heavens, a portal to mysterious forces.

In 1958, the famous political theorist Hannah Arendt in a deterrent essay against ' the propagation and commercialization of genius concepts' showed the power of money to build. genius image. On the other hand, the inclusion of the concept of genius in so many areas makes the true expression of outstanding characters become more invisible.

More than a century ago, Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, poet, and philosopher, and also a leader in self-reliant movement and transcendental philosophy once said: 'We feed on geniuses' . And as expected, the concept of genius has become an extreme, too popular culture in modern society. Fashion geniuses, business geniuses and hundreds of other areas are indispensable for geniuses. The sacredness of this concept no longer exists, except for Einstein - the 'Genius of the Genius' , the surviving giant of a divine period. The era of genius has disappeared and citizens of democracies should not know how to mourn or rejoice. Probably both.