(July 13, 2015 at 3:10 pm)chasbanner Wrote: As many have pointed out, there is no definite definition.
I think emotions are the most important factor, though.
You don’t feel that your critical thinking skills, beliefs, or your actions define you more so, than your emotions? Everyone experiences joy, sadness, anger, etc. I lean more towards your critical thinking, beliefs, and your actions defining you more than your emotions. How do you feel about that?
Some people actually want to experience sadness or hold a grudge all the time. It seems to me that that urge to want to feel those emotions, says more about the person, than just the emotions being experienced themselves.
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-
