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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of intellectuals in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
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The numerical value of intellectuals in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of intellectuals in a Sentence
We've no use for intellectuals in this outfit. What we need is chimpanzees. Let me give you a word of advice: never say a word to us about being intelligent. We will think for you, my friend. Don't forget it.
A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.
The May 4 intellectuals were very patriotic and bemoaning the fact China was being called' the sick man of Asia' at the time, they wanted to import Western ideologies in order to save China.
Intellectuals understand life through analysis (breaking it down to small parts), whereas intelligent ones understand through synthesis (putting the parts together). Meaning always arises out of a whole, whereas through parts, one's understanding gets fragmented, confused. Let your perspective maximize, MickeyMize.
I don't think I can be compared to such great intellectuals such as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. They've achieved so much. I don't think it's right.
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