Book Review: A Mighty Fountain
What do we know about what makes creative genius possible? Can we say anything new about the awesome creative ability of an Aristotle...
Mar 29, 2011
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What do we know about what makes creative genius possible? Can we say anything new about the awesome creative ability of an Aristotle...
Through television, newspapers, radio, and advertising, the mass culture of the twentieth century created easily understandable points of..
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