
Originality
In Our Time: Philosophy
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Hegel's Dislike of the Concept of Originality
Hegel's dislike of the notion of a romantic originality was that it made it sound as though human creativity was unhistorical. But on the other hand, heer his idea of thinking leads, also, among artists in germany, to the idea that er history can only be made by certain special individuals who count historically. If you except that art has a future at all, which hale was actually rather doubtful about,. Catherine, can i come to the beginning of the twentieth century now, with t? S elliot's tradition and the individual talent, what is he saying about this notion that we've been discussing this morning?
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