Commentary
The function of the intellectual in Western society has long been to deny the obvious and assert the outlandish. After all, there’s no point in being an intellectual if it’s only to say what everyone knows already.
Deaf to Gratitude for Human Greatness, Intellectuals Only Hear Their Own Obsessions
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Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven when composing the "Missa Solemnis," written to awaken religious feeling. Public Domain
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