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	==Views on intellectuals==		==Views on intellectuals==
	[[Ludwig von Mises]] writes, "It is true that the masses do not think. But just for this reason they follow those who do think. The intellectual guidance of humanity belongs to the very few who think for themselves. At first they influence the circle of those capable of grasping and understanding what others have thought; through these intermediaries their ideas reach the masses and there condense themselves into the public opinion of the time."<ref>{{cite book\|title=Socialism\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|chapter=The Battle of Ideas\|url=http://mises.org/books/socialism/part5_ch35.aspx}}</ref> Likewise, [[Murray Rothbard]] writes, "In all societies, public opinion is determined by the intellectual classes, the opinion moulders of society. For most people neither originate nor disseminate ideas and concepts; on the contrary, they tend to adopt those ideas promulgated by the professional intellectual classes, the professional dealers in ideas."<ref name=fanl>{{cite book\|title=For a New Liberty\|author=Rothbard, Murray\|chapter=Resistance to Liberty\|url=http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp}}</ref>		[[Ludwig von Mises]] writes, "It is true that the masses do not think. But just for this reason they follow those who do think. The intellectual guidance of humanity belongs to the very few who think for themselves. At first they influence the circle of those capable of grasping and understanding what others have thought; through these intermediaries their ideas reach the masses and there condense themselves into the [[public opinion]] of the time."<ref>{{cite book\|title=Socialism\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|chapter=The Battle of Ideas\|url=http://mises.org/books/socialism/part5_ch35.aspx}}</ref> Likewise, [[Murray Rothbard]] writes, "In all societies, public opinion is determined by the intellectual classes, the opinion moulders of society. For most people neither originate nor disseminate ideas and concepts; on the contrary, they tend to adopt those ideas promulgated by the professional intellectual classes, the professional dealers in ideas."<ref name=fanl>{{cite book\|title=For a New Liberty\|author=Rothbard, Murray\|chapter=Resistance to Liberty\|url=http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp}}</ref>

	In some cases, the government seeks to suppress the expression of divergent viewpoints by intellectuals by buying them out.<ref>{{cite journal\|journal=The Free Market\|date=December 1995\|volume=13\|number=12\|title=A Phone Call From the Idea Police\|author=Tucker, Jeffrey\|url=http://mises.org/freemarket_detail.aspx?control=213}}</ref> Historically, this was done through the church-state alliance; in more recent times, it is done through the professors, Ph.D.'s, historians, teachers, and technocratic economists, social workers, sociologists, physicians, and engineers on the government payroll.<ref name=fanl/>		In some cases, the government seeks to suppress the expression of divergent viewpoints by intellectuals by buying them out.<ref>{{cite journal\|journal=The Free Market\|date=December 1995\|volume=13\|number=12\|title=A Phone Call From the Idea Police\|author=Tucker, Jeffrey\|url=http://mises.org/freemarket_detail.aspx?control=213}}</ref> Historically, this was done through the church-state alliance; in more recent times, it is done through the professors, Ph.D.'s, historians, teachers, and technocratic economists, social workers, sociologists, physicians, and engineers on the government payroll.<ref name=fanl/>

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New definition, some formatting, +links.

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-An '''intellectual''' is a member of the intelligentsia. He is in a class that exercises a leadership role over [[the masses]] by coming up with new ideas or expressing ideas that others intellectuals have come up with in ways that the masses can understand. [[Ludwig von Mises]] writes, "It is true that the masses do not think. But just for this reason they follow those who do think. The intellectual guidance of humanity belongs to the very few who think for themselves. At first they influence the circle of those capable of grasping and understanding what others have thought; through these intermediaries their ideas reach the masses and there condense themselves into the public opinion of the time."<ref>{{cite book|title=Socialism|author=Mises, Ludwig von|chapter=The Battle of Ideas|url=http://mises.org/books/socialism/part5_ch35.aspx}}</ref> Likewise, [[Murray Rothbard]] writes, "In all societies, public opinion is determined by the intellectual classes, the opinion moulders of society. For most people neither originate nor disseminate ideas and concepts; on the contrary, they tend to adopt those ideas promulgated by the professional intellectual classes, the professional dealers in ideas."<ref name=fanl>{{cite book|title=For a New Liberty|author=Rothbard, Murray|chapter=Resistance to Liberty|url=http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp}}</ref>
+An '''intellectual''' is a person who primarily uses intelligence in either a professional or an individual capacity. The distinctive quality of the intellectual person is that the mental skills, which he or she demonstrates, are not simply intelligent, but even more, they focus on thinking about the abstract, philosophical and esoteric aspects of human inquiry and the value of their thinking.{{Fact|Used Wikipedia's definition (which is also not sourced...) for a lack of a better resource.}}
 In some cases, the government seeks to suppress the expression of divergent viewpoints by intellectuals by buying them out.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Free Market|date=December 1995|volume=13|number=12|title=A Phone Call From the Idea Police|author=Tucker, Jeffrey|url=http://mises.org/freemarket_detail.aspx?control=213}}</ref> Historically, this was done through the church-state alliance; in more recent times, it is done through the professors, Ph.D.'s, historians, teachers, and technocratic economists, social workers, sociologists, physicians, and engineers on the government payroll.<ref name=fanl/>
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FormerContributor-78162cb3 at 02:36, 27 November 2012

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	An '''intellectual''' is a member of the intelligentsia. He is in a class that exercises a leadership role over [[the masses]] by coming up with new ideas or expressing ideas that others intellectuals have come up with in ways that the masses can understand. [[Ludwig von Mises]] writes, "It is true that the masses do not think. But just for this reason they follow those who do think. The intellectual guidance of humanity belongs to the very few who think for themselves. At first they influence the circle of those capable of grasping and understanding what others have thought; through these intermediaries their ideas reach the masses and there condense themselves into the public opinion of the time."<ref>{{cite book\|title=Socialism\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|chapter=The Battle of Ideas\|url=http://mises.org/books/socialism/part5_ch35.aspx}}</ref> Likewise, [[Murray Rothbard]] writes, "In all societies, public opinion is determined by the intellectual classes, the opinion moulders of society. For most people neither originate nor disseminate ideas and concepts; on the contrary, they tend to adopt those ideas promulgated by the professional intellectual classes, the professional dealers in ideas."<ref name=fanl>{{cite book\|title=For a New Liberty\|author=Rothbard, Murray\|chapter=Resistance to Liberty\|url=http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp}}</ref>		An '''intellectual''' is a member of the intelligentsia. He is in a class that exercises a leadership role over [[the masses]] by coming up with new ideas or expressing ideas that others intellectuals have come up with in ways that the masses can understand. [[Ludwig von Mises]] writes, "It is true that the masses do not think. But just for this reason they follow those who do think. The intellectual guidance of humanity belongs to the very few who think for themselves. At first they influence the circle of those capable of grasping and understanding what others have thought; through these intermediaries their ideas reach the masses and there condense themselves into the public opinion of the time."<ref>{{cite book\|title=Socialism\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|chapter=The Battle of Ideas\|url=http://mises.org/books/socialism/part5_ch35.aspx}}</ref> Likewise, [[Murray Rothbard]] writes, "In all societies, public opinion is determined by the intellectual classes, the opinion moulders of society. For most people neither originate nor disseminate ideas and concepts; on the contrary, they tend to adopt those ideas promulgated by the professional intellectual classes, the professional dealers in ideas."<ref name=fanl>{{cite book\|title=For a New Liberty\|author=Rothbard, Murray\|chapter=Resistance to Liberty\|url=http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp}}</ref>

	In some cases, the government seeks to suppress the expression of divergent viewpoints by intellectuals by buying them out.<ref>{{cite journal\|journal=The Free Market\|date=December 1995\|volume=13\|number=12\|title=A Phone Call From the Idea Police\|author=Tucker, Jeffrey}}</ref> Historically, this was done through the church-state alliance; in more recent times, it is done through the professors, Ph.D.'s, historians, teachers, and technocratic economists, social workers, sociologists, physicians, and engineers on the government payroll.<ref name=fanl/>		In some cases, the government seeks to suppress the expression of divergent viewpoints by intellectuals by buying them out.<ref>{{cite journal\|journal=The Free Market\|date=December 1995\|volume=13\|number=12\|title=A Phone Call From the Idea Police\|author=Tucker, Jeffrey\|url=http://mises.org/freemarket_detail.aspx?control=213}}</ref> Historically, this was done through the church-state alliance; in more recent times, it is done through the professors, Ph.D.'s, historians, teachers, and technocratic economists, social workers, sociologists, physicians, and engineers on the government payroll.<ref name=fanl/>

	==References==		==References==

FormerContributor-78162cb3 at 02:36, 27 November 2012

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	An '''intellectual''' is a member of the intelligentsia. He is in a class that exercises a leadership role over [[the masses]] by coming up with new ideas or expressing ideas that others intellectuals have come up with in ways that the masses can understand. [[Ludwig von Mises]] writes, "It is true that the masses do not think. But just for this reason they follow those who do think. The intellectual guidance of humanity belongs to the very few who think for themselves. At first they influence the circle of those capable of grasping and understanding what others have thought; through these intermediaries their ideas reach the masses and there condense themselves into the public opinion of the time."<ref>{{cite book\|title=Socialism\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|chapter=The Battle of Ideas\|url=http://mises.org/books/socialism/part5_ch35.aspx}}</ref> Likewise, [[Murray Rothbard]] writes, "In all societies, public opinion is determined by the intellectual classes, the opinion moulders of society. For most people neither originate nor disseminate ideas and concepts; on the contrary, they tend to adopt those ideas promulgated by the professional intellectual classes, the professional dealers in ideas."<ref>{{cite book\|title=For a New Liberty\|author=Rothbard, Murray\|chapter=Resistance to Liberty\|url=http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp}}</ref>		An '''intellectual''' is a member of the intelligentsia. He is in a class that exercises a leadership role over [[the masses]] by coming up with new ideas or expressing ideas that others intellectuals have come up with in ways that the masses can understand. [[Ludwig von Mises]] writes, "It is true that the masses do not think. But just for this reason they follow those who do think. The intellectual guidance of humanity belongs to the very few who think for themselves. At first they influence the circle of those capable of grasping and understanding what others have thought; through these intermediaries their ideas reach the masses and there condense themselves into the public opinion of the time."<ref>{{cite book\|title=Socialism\|author=Mises, Ludwig von\|chapter=The Battle of Ideas\|url=http://mises.org/books/socialism/part5_ch35.aspx}}</ref> Likewise, [[Murray Rothbard]] writes, "In all societies, public opinion is determined by the intellectual classes, the opinion moulders of society. For most people neither originate nor disseminate ideas and concepts; on the contrary, they tend to adopt those ideas promulgated by the professional intellectual classes, the professional dealers in ideas."<ref name=fanl>{{cite book\|title=For a New Liberty\|author=Rothbard, Murray\|chapter=Resistance to Liberty\|url=http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp}}</ref>

			In some cases, the government seeks to suppress the expression of divergent viewpoints by intellectuals by buying them out.<ref>{{cite journal\|journal=The Free Market\|date=December 1995\|volume=13\|number=12\|title=A Phone Call From the Idea Police\|author=Tucker, Jeffrey}}</ref> Historically, this was done through the church-state alliance; in more recent times, it is done through the professors, Ph.D.'s, historians, teachers, and technocratic economists, social workers, sociologists, physicians, and engineers on the government payroll.<ref name=fanl/>

	==References==		==References==

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An '''intellectual''' is a member of the intelligentsia. He is in a class that exercises a leadership role over [[the masses]] by coming up with new ideas or expressing ideas that others intellectuals have come up with in ways that the masses can understand. [[Ludwig von Mises]] writes, "It is true that the masses do not think. But just for this reason they follow those who do think. The intellectual guidance of humanity belongs to the very few who think for themselves. At first they influence the circle of those capable of grasping and understanding what others have thought; through these intermediaries their ideas reach the masses and there condense themselves into the public opinion of the time."<ref>{{cite book|title=Socialism|author=Mises, Ludwig von|chapter=The Battle of Ideas|url=http://mises.org/books/socialism/part5_ch35.aspx}}</ref> Likewise, [[Murray Rothbard]] writes, "In all societies, public opinion is determined by the intellectual classes, the opinion moulders of society. For most people neither originate nor disseminate ideas and concepts; on the contrary, they tend to adopt those ideas promulgated by the professional intellectual classes, the professional dealers in ideas."<ref>{{cite book|title=For a New Liberty|author=Rothbard, Murray|chapter=Resistance to Liberty|url=http://mises.org/rothbard/newlibertywhole.asp}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Concepts]]