He has never tried to take over or tried to prevent me from doing anything I wanted to do." Then, remembering about Alice, I modified it.
"Well, almost never. The humble, self-effacing Charlie you were all talking about a while ago is just waiting patiently.
I'll admit I'm like him in a number of ways, but humility and self-effacement are not among them.
I've learned how little they get a person in this world. "You've become cynical," said Nemur.
"That's all this opportunity has meant to you. Your genius has destroyed your faith in the world and in your fellow men."
"That's not completely true," I said softly. "But I've learned that intelligence alone doesn't mean a damned thing.
Here in your university, intelligence, education, knowledge, have all become great idols.
But I know now there's one thing you've all overlooked: intelligence and education that hasn't been tempered by human affection isn't worth a damn."
I helped myself to another martini from the nearby sideboard and continued my sermon. "Don't misunderstand me," I said.
"Intelligence is one of the greatest human gifts. But all too often a search for knowledge drives out the search for love.
This is something else I've discovered for myself very recently. I present it to you as a hypothesis:
Intelligence without the ability to give and receive affection leads to mental and moral breakdown, to neurosis, and possibly even psychosis.
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