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Plin. ib. cap. 11. (*) See Note (o), above. in the beginnings of painting, might be coni firmed from the fate of the first practitioners in every art. Both the works and the genius of the first sculptors, were despised in afterages, while Polycletus, Phidias, Euphranor, and others, who, improving on their essays, rose to excellence, were held in veneration (y). Scarce one of the poets who preceded Homer, is mentioned by ancient authors (zj. No work of any tragedian older than Ƙschylus, has been thought worth preserving; and though the name of Thespis is not forgotten, he is mentioned rather with contempt for the (j) Quis enim eorum, qui hȰc minora anlmadvertunt, non intelligit, Canachi signa rigidiora efle, quam ut imitentur yeritatem?
He will at least preserve the full spirit of the original, not contented with merely transmitting its form: the propriety with which the imitation or the theory is introduced, and the force, with which it is applied, will show that it was not merely copied from memory, but appositely suggested by a vigorous imagination: and frequently he will give farther proof of genius, by improving on the borrowed hint, by adding new beauties, or delivering a known truth with greater elegance and justness. Genius implies regularity, as well as comprehensiveness of imagination.
De Fin. lib. v. Sed dais omnium doctior, quis acutior, quis in rebus vel inveniendis, vel judicandis acrior Aristotele suit? Orat. 9 Hlis enim hȰc invenienda fuerunt, nobis cognoseenda sont. Quint. Inst. Orat. lib. xii. cap. n. dous edifice of knowlege, of which his comprehensive mind had formed the plan. In every art and science, then, the praise of genius is bestowed on invention, and is . proportioned to the degree of it; In general, the first rank is assigned to those who have invented, when there was no example or model of which they could avaiL themselves, when their predecessors had made no preparation for their discoveries, nor given any hint which could suggest them; and who have, notwithstanding these disadvantages, brought their designs to a considerable degree of perfection.