Tom wrote: > According to Wikipedia, which cites Parker, Walter C. (v86 n5 p344 Jan > 2005). "Teaching Against Idiocy", Bloomington: Phi Delta Kappan: "An idiot > in Athenian democracy was someone who was characterized by self-centeredness > and concerned almost exclusively with private — as opposed to public — > affairs." Mankiw epitomizes this definition of "idiot."
I may have already posted, but I had a teacher at the University of Havana who distinguished between "smart" and "intelligent." This is how I'd paraphrase him now: Intelligent, from intus = inside and legere = to read. To read inside, you need to have the heart in the right place (short hand for conducive onto-sociological, epistemological, and ethical conditions). So you can be very smart, but not necessarily intelligent. You can be very smart and yet a total idiot. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
