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Is it possible to be an intellectual and lack compassion?


I would think, intellect should lead one to be more accepting, understanding and tolerant.......

It would equip you with knowlege that everything (or everyone) has a roles or reason for existence.............

...............and the recognition that no human being is perfect (no one knows everything), we are all "work in progress"

Is it possible to be an intellectual and lack compassion?


I would think, intellect should lead one to be more accepting, understanding and tolerant.......

It would equip you with knowlege that everything (or everyone) has a roles or reason for existence.............

...............and the recognition that no human being is perfect (no one knows everything), we are all "work in progress"

Absolutely. Look at Kissinger. Look at William Buckley. Look at Lenin. But intellectuals as a group are no colder than anyone else. I think there's an idea floating around in our culture, and maybe in parts of this thread, that there's some sort of either/or dichotomy between the head and the heart, that being smart works against being kind and vice versa. And that's not true. Brains and compassion can and do interact like each hand washing the other.

Learning for learnings sake is pointless, empty and vain.

It can be an ego trip.

We NEED to temper any intellectual leanings we may have with a healthy appreciation for our fellow man.

Without love, we are nothing!

There's been several heavy threads recently dealing with quite involved, and somewhat controversial topics. Many words have been written and very deep, intellectually vibrant concepts and views put forth.

It got me thinking.

I strongly believe that it is vital to temper intellectual focus with love and compassion, or else it simply becomes a fruitless exercise in cold, dispassionate, self absorbtion.

Empty and vain.

Why do I see it this way?

Look around at the world...there's plenty of knowledge...lots of 'great' minds at work, but where is the compassion and love?

We need intellectually capable minds, we need to keep on learning about 'why' and 'how' and 'if'. But all this is pointless without some sort of positive fellow feeling.

Indeed it could be said that love and compassion might be the lubricant to intellectualisms engine.

Just had to spew this out...be well people!

There's been several heavy threads recently dealing with quite involved, and somewhat controversial topics. Many words have been written and very deep, intellectually vibrant concepts and views put forth.

It got me thinking.

I strongly believe that it is vital to temper intellectual focus with love and compassion, or else it simply becomes a fruitless exercise in cold, dispassionate, self absorbtion.

Empty and vain.

Why do I see it this way?

Look around at the world...there's plenty of knowledge...lots of 'great' minds at work, but where is the compassion and love?

We need intellectually capable minds, we need to keep on learning about 'why' and 'how' and 'if'. But all this is pointless without some sort of positive fellow feeling.

Indeed it could be said that love and compassion might be the lubricant to intellectualisms engine.

Just had to spew this out...be well people!