Genius, Creative Reason, Beauty

According to Kant, one characteristic of a work of Genius is that is exemplary, while another, that it is original.  Now, the ultimate source of Genius, according to him, is Nature, to which he elsewhere attributes "reason". So, Material Reason, i. e. the source of the concept of setting an example, as has been previously discussed, is an expression of Nature in the production of a work of Genius.  But insofar as Genius is original, another Natural Reason is involved--Creative Reason.  Now, being exemplary and being original might be independent characteristics.  But they can also be combined--when it is originality itself that is exemplary.  When that combination occurs, the goal of a work of Genius is to stimulate general creativity, which could occur in times of general stagnation.  Thus, the Reason involved in that combination, which includes Material Reason, is Creative Reason, an expression of Nature seeking to stimulate change in the species via artistic Genius. Under those conditions, the function of aesthetic Beauty is to stimulate further Creativity, as is the case in reproductive activity, but as is not the case when the function is, as Kant defines it, to symbolize Morality, as he conceives it.  Conversely, his Aesthetic Theory is specific to his concept of Reason, which is not necessarily identical to Creative Reason, which is why his attempt to harness Genius with Taste is ungrounded.