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October 28, 2007
the true teachers of humanity
It is natural for great minds – the true teachers of humanity – to care little about the constant company of others; just as little as the schoolmaster cares for joining in the gambols of the noisy crowd of boys which surrounds him. The mission of these great minds is to guide mankind over the sea of error to the heaven of truth – to draw it forth from the dark abysses of a barbarous vulgarity up into the light of culture and refinement. Men of great intellect live in the world without really belonging to it; and so, from their earlier years, they feel that there is a perceptible difference between them and other people.
Schopenhauer - Counsels and Maxims
Posted by amin at October 28, 2007 9:31 PM