« 177. Piccolezze e debolezze del genio. Libro decimoquarto
della .179. Influenza e relazione de' sistemi e delle dottrine
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Ignorant and cold men usually do not feel envy towards
genius ones, because they do not esteem them nor believe them superior to
themselves, bur rather inferior. They will envy them only when they see them
esteemed, which cannot happen in small and ignorant places. The kind of
passions that men of genius awaken in others in such places. Refer to the
cited book in Corinne.
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