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What does it mean?
Beauty is equated with genius, suggesting it has creative power.
In plain terms
This kind of beauty is as powerful as being a genius.
What can you take from it?
Value aesthetic impact as a form of intelligence.

Where it applies

  • criticism
  • appreciation
  • art

Putting it to work

  • creation
  • observation

Questions to consider

  • Can beauty change minds?
  • Is beauty useful?

Another view

It conflates two distinct concepts.

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