The Roots of Genius: Thomas Edison and Henry Ford

What is a genius? In Roman mythology, Genius was a guardian spirit. Every individual, family, and city had its own spirit-guides, worshipped that they might bestow success and intellectual powers on devotees. In modern usage, a genius is a person of such great powers. What are the powers of such a mind? It would have a rich imagination, great intuitive abilities, and deep sources of inspiration combined with an independent, unconventional nature. The genius would likely have a wide range of interests and be open to novel, complex, and ambiguous stimuli, with sources of motivation more powerful than mere success. The genius would likely be alone to provide the necessary space for creativity. In this course, we’ll discover the spiritual nature of our own genius through the insights of two prominent geniuses of the past century.

Estimated average course time for completion of this course: 3 weeks