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Originally Posted by Gettersaga
まさか、その何某先生が鬼ような醜悪の才能を持ってい るという事実を暴露し、以て世人に警告を発するつもり で、その案内欄の鬼才などという怪しむべき奇妙な言葉 を使用したのでもあるまい。
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This is quoted from Dazai, isn't it?
If you really understood the sentence immediately preceding this one, you shouldn't have too much trouble. Hope you sensed the light humor in it.
The preceding sentence, in summary, says that people think that all ogres （鬼） are creatures of ugly and detestable nature, but at the same time, people use the term 鬼才 to describe the authors of the highest rank.
Now the sentence in question means:
"Surely they couldn't have used the suspiciously odd term '鬼才=genius' in the New Books section of the newspaper in order to reveal that a certain Mr. Author possesses the ugly capacity like that of an ogre, and hence warn the public of the fact."