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A generalized tolerance will be best acheived if we leave undistrubed whatever it is which constitutes the special character of particular individuals and peoples, whilst at the same time we retain the conviction that the distinctive worth of anything with true merit lies in its belonging to all humanity. (Goethe)
I like this definition of what an intellectual is:
All those whose activity essentially is not the pursuit of practical aims, all those who seek their joy in the practice of an art or a science or a metaphysical speculation, in short in the possession of non-material advantages. (Julien Benda)
So if your primary pursuit is not material, if you engage in anything creative rather than pragmatic or utilitarian. Then you're an intellectual!
Hah!
I like the idea that there is something that unites us, that links us together, regardless of our differences.
I like this definition of what an intellectual is:
All those whose activity essentially is not the pursuit of practical aims, all those who seek their joy in the practice of an art or a science or a metaphysical speculation, in short in the possession of non-material advantages. (Julien Benda)
So if your primary pursuit is not material, if you engage in anything creative rather than pragmatic or utilitarian. Then you're an intellectual!
Hah!
I like the idea that there is something that unites us, that links us together, regardless of our differences.