Homer is one of the men of genius who solve that fine problem of art -…

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Homer is one of the men of genius who solve that fine problem of art - the finest of all, perhaps - truly to depict humanity by the enlargement of man: that is, to generate the real in the ideal. ✨ Victor Hugo (2001). William Shakespeare, p.43, The Minerva Group, Inc.
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Homer is one of the men of genius who solve that fine problem of art - the finest of all, perhaps - truly to depict humanity by the enlargement of man: that is, to generate the real in the ideal. ✨ Victor Hugo (2001). William Shakespeare, p.43, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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