The Intellectual and The Intelligent

Wisdom is when you have the common sense to apply the knowledge obtained from an intellectual in an intelligent way.

To me being intellectual is largely a matter of having a good memory, some of what I would consider to be the most intelligent people I've met could barely read & write let alone consider themselves intellectual but put them in almost any situation & they'll come out on top.

Hi welela

Thanks for your comment.

"I see that you are not intelligent even if you are a intellectual."

Please tell me the basis for your statement quoted above. I am very curious.

Hi 123butterflies
Thanks for your comment.

I am leaving it up to the individual to describe how he/she view those terms. Also, there are dictionaries and google searches to help. I do not want to influence the views of others by stating my views.

Cat

Very well stated! I love how you have tied up the five terms in a single compact sentence.
I think you can teach some intellectuals what it means to be intelligent.

zman

"To me being intellectual is largely a matter of having a good memory,"

I assume your reference to having a good memory implies that that they possess a lot of knowledge or they are very knowledgeable, and that they can easily recall that knowledge.
However, how that knowledge is applied is what determines intelligence, as Cat mentioned.

welela

"...So I say you can be intellectual on many things in life, but you do not have to be intelligent at the same time..."

I agree with your statement quoted above. But does that mean my having been a teacher, like your friend, automatically makes me not intelligent? Or is it also because I was never married, perhaps like your friend whom you say has no intelligence to capture a man? However, I do not think I am a nag(at least no one, so far, has told me that I am).
Oh well, poor unintelligent(or should I say dumb) me!

Intelligent is being the master manipulator.
Intellectual is more academically gifted.

@ socrates44 - I could give hundreds of examples about this subject but I will give just one scenario to help to differentiate between the two:

Lets take a 'chainsaw' as the medium....

The Intellectual could name all the parts of a chainsaw including the material properties, manufacturing processes and stress factors of all its components using the wisdom of others even though they may have never actually ever laid their hands on one or are able to use one.

The Intelligent could pick up a chainsaw and with the combination of knowledge and wisdom acquired from trial and error use said chainsaw to create something of practical use having never read anything more complex about the unit than the users manual.


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Hi whtwhb
Thanks for your comment.
Intellectuality is a significant part of the world of academia.
Intelligence deals with how knowledge is applied, which I assume, in your statement, it may be masterfully manipulated.

Hans, I have both, but I cannot use the intuition side often, its star sign pisces role, and he mowes me down then with jealousy.

I can go into a intuitive intelligent state, when their is complete privacy, and work out how to put something together, create something, without having to have been shown what to do.
I can work it out for myself, like putting a jigsaw puzzle together.

but, then I have other sides to me, that I learn the manuel, and know all the parts off by heart.

but, , if you can go into a intuitive, manipulative state of mind, you never have to know the theory, but its best to know the theory, it will be alot quicker later, and alot less pressure from other certain personalities on your back.

but then again, using the intuitive mathematical part, your learn very quickly, if in complete privacy.

but, like programming, if you can have all these sides to tune into when need be, technical, intuition, practical, intelligence, creative, all the angles, you are like a superhuman and dont need a team.

but then again, even so, one should do and adapt to one thing, and get others to do other sides. like you do the creative, he does the technical, another does the programming, cause time wise, your loose. you cant do everything.

Your notice,. a clever business man, will have a person born in november, and a person born in march. in his programming or design company. it will be very stressful for the november person to think with a march person next to him.
that will be the march persons role, so he would adapt to the other. but, he is not a fool, he will know, that if the march person, does something, like a cover up, or something he is not supposed to do.

so, what often happens a november person, will employ a march person and a november person. so, yes, extreme stress for all 3 personalities then, but the employer will know, he must stand out the way, and give them the space to think and do what is required.

Hi ajkaorjun
Thanks for your comment.

I agree that Bill Clinton is an intellectual, but he is also an intelligent person. There are different types of intelligence. Bill Clinton must have possessed a reasonable degree of the type of intelligence required to manage the affairs of the US during his presidency.

However, he may have been lacking in the type of intelligence required re his dealings with Monica Lewinsky.

Nevertheless, your point is well taken.

Hans

whtwhb's comment is directed to you.

Can you respond to it, please?

Intelligence is a broad genetic power throughout the brain. Intellectualism is a cross between an education, a sophistication and a set of values. It relies on high ability in some parts of brain and often come with low ability in other areas - noticeably parts relating to common sense and social intelligence(autism can even be a boon for intellectuals).

Common sense is a collective sensibility passed down from generation to generation. Wisdom is the individual sensibility. These are the ones that help you(and others around you)not to die.

Hi Obstinance Works
Thanks for your comment

Most of the definitions or descriptions of intellectualism, that I have seen, focus on the aspect of being very knowledgeable but not necessarily being able to apply that knowledge in a useful and meaningful way.
I agree with your statement that intellectualism, intelligence and common sense may involve stimulation and activity of different areas of the brain, and to varying degrees. This is a current area of brain research.
I am glad you mentioned social intelligence. One source defines it as the ability to perceive, empathize, and influence other people's feelings and behaviour.

Hi Cyn Real
Thanks for your comment

"Intelligence means knowing how to apply your knowledges effectively"
I fully agree with your statement quoted above.

"If somebody only can talk and make lots of theories without successful practices-proves, I would never call him intelligent....He is just another intellectual BS..."
The ability to apply knowledge usefully is what distinguishes the "intelligent" from the intellectual who may possess the knowledge or theory, as you have stated, but is unable to convert it into successful practice.

I think common sense is a natural ability, as you have mentioned, and it is usually linked with experience.