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14 March 2023

  • curprev 08:5008:50, 14 March 2023β€Ž Bacchus talk contribsβ€Ž 542 bytes +542β€Ž Created page with "'''Negative capability''' is a phrase first used by Romantic poet John Keats in 1817 to explain the capacity of the greatest writers to pursue a vision of artistic beauty even when it leads them into intellectual confusion and uncertainty, as opposed to a preference for philosophical certainty over artistic beauty. The term has been used by poets and philosophers to describe the ability to perceive and recognise truths beyond the reach of consecutive reasoning...."
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