Each of them is inhabited by a bland demon, as the German metaphysicians used to call that which gets into a man and makes him creative, not so forcibly that it turns them away from criticism, but valid enough to give them the right to speak with the authority of artists.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Each of them is inhabited by a bland demon, as the German metaphysicians used to call that which gets into a man and makes him creative, not so forcibly that it turns them away from criticism, but valid enough to give them the right to speak with the authority of artists." in the context of "Rebecca West of Edith and her two brothers, in The Strange Necessity (1928) Ch. 5" to mean that wisdom is timeless.