Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Genius

7 comments:

Mr roT said...

heh...

Arelcao Akleos said...

Feynman weeps

The Darkroom said...

Nah, he was able to relax and have a good time.

Arelcao Akleos said...

Sure. But he never confused that with "Genius".

The Darkroom said...

Figure of speech AA. Not meant to be taken literally.

Mr roT said...

In ancient Rome, the genius (plural genii) was the guiding spirit or tutelary deity of a person, family (gens), or place (genius loci). The noun is related to the Latin verb gigno, genui, genitus, "to bring into being, create, produce." Because the achievements of exceptional individuals seemed to indicate the presence of a particularly powerful genius, by the time of Augustus the word began to acquire its secondary meaning of "inspiration, talent."

The Darkroom said...

obrigado