It goes back further than that, i thought. The greeks had the same notion: one wasn't "a" genius, one "had" a genius - a spirit (the logos?) which was the insp

It goes back further than that, i thought. The greeks had the same notion: one wasn't "a" genius, one "had" a genius - a spirit (the logos?) which was the inspiration and source of creativity and brilliance. The whole idea was around invoking the logos to garner this brilliance.