Who defined taste as 'that faculty of the soul, which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike'?
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Correct answer: A. Joseph Addison
Explanation
Addison, The Spectator No. 409 (19 June 1712), the essay on taste that introduces his 'Pleasures of the Imagination' papers.
Note: The source key gives Samuel Johnson (option 2).
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