Intellect Is Resented As A Form Of

A University's Essential Character Is That Of Being A Center Of Free Inquiry And Criticism - A Thing Not To Be Sacrificed For Anything Else.

The Intellectual ... May Live For Ideas, As I Have Said, But Something Must Prevent Him From Living For One Idea, From Becoming Obsessive Or Grotesque. Although There Have Been Zealots Whom We May Still Regard As Intellectuals, Zealotry Is A Defect Of The Breed And Not Of The Essence.

In Using The Terms Play And Playfulness, I Do Not Intend To Suggest Any Lack Of Seriousness; Quite The Contrary. Anyone Who Has Watched Children, Or Adults, At Play Will Recognize That There Is No Contradiction Between Play And Seriousness, And That Some Forms Of Play Induce A Measure Of Grave Concentration Not So Readily Called Forth By Work.

It Is Possible That The Distinction Between Moral Relativism And Moral Absolutism Has Sometimes Been Blurred Because An Excessively Consistent Practice Of Either Leads To The Same Practical Result — Ruthlessness In Political Life.

Intellect Is Resented As A Form Of Power Or Privilege.