"There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless."
Niccolo Machiavelli
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ReplyDeleteIs that really intelligent?
ReplyDeleteMachiavelli speaks about a family of three, but only two parts are legitimate childs. The third one is a bastard.
But sometimes you need more than any of these kinds of intelligence - then you have to trust in something else that can reach more than human understanding may imagine...
ReplyDeleteOne shall read "The Prince" from time to time.
ReplyDeleteAnd Valeriu Marcu's book on Macchiavelli.