The person must be intelligent presentation. A person must be intelligent! Linguistic and cultural analysis of the text

What is an intelligent person? Many people think that this is someone who has received a good education, reads and travels a lot, knows several languages. And meanwhile, you can have all this and not be intelligent. Who then is an intellectual?

In the text of D.S. Likhachev "A person must be intelligent" is the answer to this question. In his understanding, an intellectual is a person who is able to understand, perceive and patiently relate to the world. This is a person who may not remember the classics of literature, may forget historical events and works of art, but he will never lose susceptibility to intellectual values, aesthetic flair, love of learning new things and will be able to distinguish a real masterpiece from a rough "thing" that was made only for in order to surprise.

According to Dmitry Sergeevich, intelligence lies not only in knowledge, but also in the ability to understand another. It manifests itself in a thousand little things: behave modestly, quietly help another, not litter with bad ideas, swearing ..

I agree with D.S. Likhachev. Intelligence should not be confused with education. After all, intelligence lives not only by the creation of the new, but also by the awareness of the old as new.

What is a person's social duty? Be intelligent. This is everyone's duty to themselves. This is the key to his personal happiness.

So what is an intellectual? A man with a beautiful soul. Who is healthy physically and morally. This is a person who is able not only to understand and perceive, but also to patiently treat this world.

Updated: 2017-10-16

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The person must be intelligent

A man must be intelligent ! And if his profession does not require intelligence? And if he could not get an education: that is how the circumstances developed. What if the environment doesn't allow it? And if intelligence makes him a "black sheep" among his colleagues, friends, relatives, just interfere with his rapprochement with other people?

No, no and NO! Intelligence is needed in all circumstances . She is needed both for those around him and for himself.

This is very, very important, and above all to live happily ever after - yes, for a long time! For intelligence equals moral health , and health is needed to live long - not only physically, but also mentally. In one old book it says: "Honor your father and your mother, and you will live long on earth." This applies both to the whole people and to the individual. This is wise.

But first of all, let's define what intelligence is, and then why it is connected with the commandment of longevity.

Many people think: an intelligent person is one who read a lot, received a good education (and even predominantly humanitarian), traveled a lot, knows several languages.

Meanwhile, you can have all this and be unintelligent, and you can not possess any of this to a large extent, but still be an internally intelligent person.

Education should not be confused with intelligence . Education lives on the old content, intelligence lives on the creation of the new and the awareness of the old as new.

Intelligence is not only in knowledge, but in ability to understand others . It manifests itself in a thousand and thousand little things: in the ability to argue respectfully, to behave modestly at the table, in the ability to imperceptibly (precisely imperceptibly) help another, to protect nature, not to litter around oneself - not to litter with cigarette butts or swearing, bad ideas (this is also garbage, and what else!)

I knew peasants in the Russian North who were truly intelligent. They observed amazing cleanliness in their homes, knew how to appreciate good songs, knew how to tell “by-life” (that is, what happened to them or others), lived an orderly life, treated with understanding both other people's grief and someone else's joy.

Intelligence is the ability to understand, to perceive, it is tolerant attitude towards the world and towards people.

intelligence is necessary in itself develop , to train - to train mental strength, as they train physical ones. And training is possible and necessary in any conditions.

That physical strength training contributes to longevity is understandable. Much less people understand that for longevity, the training of spiritual and spiritual forces is also necessary. The fact is that a vicious and evil reaction to the environment, rudeness and misunderstanding of others is a sign of mental and spiritual weakness, human inability to live ...

Friendliness and kindness make a person not only physically healthy, but also beautiful. Yes, it's beautiful.

The face of a person, distorted by anger, becomes ugly, and the movements of an evil person are devoid of grace - not deliberate grace, but natural, which is much more expensive. The social duty of a person is to be intelligent . This is a duty to yourself as well. This is pledge his personal happiness and the "aura of benevolence" around him and towards him (that is, addressed to him).

D.S. Likhachev

For preparation for the exam You can use the tutorial " SEMI-FINISHED WORKS. RUSSIAN LANGUAGE. COLLECTION #1».

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Lesson in the development of speech. Preparation for a condensed presentation based on an excerpt from an article by D.S. Likhachev "A person must be intelligent"

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Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev (1928-1999) Russian literary scholar, cultural historian, publicist, public figure.

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Methods of text compression Exclusion of irrelevant, secondary information (exclusion of repetitions in the text, fragments of sentences that carry secondary information, exclusion of one or more synonyms). Simplification (replacement): replacement of syntactic constructions; merging several sentences into one (replacing homogeneous members with a generalizing name, replacing a fragment of a sentence with a synonymous expression, replacing the SSP with a simple one, etc.) Generalization: folding the source information (combining several sentences into one).

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Concise presentation. Work algorithm 1. Listen (read) the text, determine the topic of the text (what the text is about); 2. Formulate the main idea of ​​the text (what the text teaches, why it was written); 3. Break the text into parts, draw up a text plan; 4. Determine the micro-theme of each part; 5. Find keywords in each part of the text that convey the main information; 6. Think about what can be excluded from each part, what details to refuse, what can be generalized; 7. Consider the means of communication between the parts; 8. Write down an abbreviated (compressed) text.

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Working with text What is this text about? What issues are raised in this text? How does the title of a text affect its topic? What is the idea of ​​the text? Can an educated person be considered intelligent? List what traits, in your opinion, an intelligent person should have. Do you agree that "The social duty of a person is to be intelligent"? To what style of speech, type of speech does this passage belong? What signs of a journalistic style did you find in it? How does the author affect the emotional side of the reader? What expressive means help to figuratively represent the text?

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Practical work on text compression № Keywords Micro-theme 1. A person must be intelligent! And if his profession does not require intelligence? What if he couldn't get an education? And if intelligence makes him a "black sheep", will it interfere with his rapprochement with other people? No no no! Intelligence is needed under all circumstances. Intelligence is a necessary component of human life. Intelligence is equal to moral health, and health is necessary to live long - not only physically, but also mentally. The Bible says, "Honor your father and your mother, and you will live long on earth." Moral health is a condition for a long physical and mental life of a person.

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3. Intelligence is manifested not only in knowledge, but in the ability to understand another. It manifests itself in a thousand and a thousand little things: in the ability to argue respectfully, to behave modestly at the table, in the ability to imperceptibly (precisely imperceptibly) help another, to protect nature, not to litter around oneself - not to litter with cigarette butts or swearing, bad ideas (this is also garbage, and what else!) Intelligence is the ability to understand, to perceive, it is a tolerant attitude towards the world and towards people. Intelligence must be developed in oneself, trained - mental strength is trained, as physical ones are also trained. Intelligence is an everyday component of human life that needs to be developed. 5. The social duty of a person is to be intelligent. This is a duty to yourself. This is the key to his personal happiness and the "aura of goodwill" around him and to him (that is, addressed to him). Intelligence is a person's duty to himself and to those around him.

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Linguistic analysis of the text by D. S. Likhachev "A person must be intelligent."

The lesson was developed by the teacher of the Russian language and literature, GBOUsosh No. 000, Moscow, Litvinova Marina Vladimirovna.

The purpose of the lesson: provide high school students with the opportunityrepeat and consolidate knowledge about the text, ways of connecting sentences in the text; about speech styles; to consolidate the ability to analyze the text, highlight the topic, idea in it; find expressive means of the language, determine their role in the text; to promote the formation of a respectful attitude towards the Russian language and native land, to develop interest in the independent study of the Russian language.

Tasks:check not only the volume and quality of assimilation of the material, but also the depth of awareness, the ability to use the acquired knowledge in practice; continue learning to comment and review classmates' answers; build a lesson based on system analysis; partially get acquainted with the biography; reflect on the important problems of human existence; determine their attitude to moral values; get a positive emotional experience in relation to his life and work.

During the classes.

Organizing time.

Hello, have a seat.

problem question .

Is it necessary to be an intelligent person today? Is it modern? (Children share their point of view).
Introduction by the teacher.
Dear students!
Today we must reflect on the important problems of human existence.

Let's talk a little about the author, whose text we will work with throughout the lesson. Dmitry Sergeevich Likhachev lived in a cruel age, when the moral foundations of human existence were violated, but he became a "collector" and custodian of the cultural traditions of his people. The outstanding Russian scientist, not only through his work, but throughout his life, affirmed the principles of culture and morality. He is the author of fundamental works on the history of Russian literature and culture, most of which have been translated into 11 languages ​​of the world.

Dmitry Likhachev was born in 1906 in St. Petersburg. In 1928, after graduating from the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Leningrad State University, he was illegally repressed. For five years, Dmitry Sergeevich was in a camp on Solovki, working on the construction of the White Sea-Baltic Canal. In 1932 he was released early.
Dmitry Sergeevich's career looked extremely simple: work as a proofreader at the publishing house of the USSR Academy of Sciences, then as a researcher at the Institute of Russian Literature. In the 1970s, he headed the editorial board of the annual "Monuments of Culture. New Discoveries", the editorial board of the series "Literary Monuments", in the late 80s he participated in the creation of the journals "New World" and "Our Heritage".

Behind the brief lines of the biography - the many-sided life of a thinker, scientist, public figure. Through the prism of the history of the Russian language and literature, the researcher comprehended the culture of his people.
Dmitry Sergeevich made an invaluable contribution to the development of domestic and world humanitarian thought, to the protection and preservation of the cultural heritage of the Russians. He became a symbol of high morality, honor and dignity, and his life became an example of selfless service to the people.
In the lesson we will raise the issue of intelligence and intelligence and reflect on the twelfth letter "A person must be intelligent!" from the book "Letters of Kindness".

Vocabulary and spelling work.

Guys, how do you understand the meaning of the word intelligentsia?

The word "intelligentsia" in other languages ​​of the world is defined as borrowed from Russian. And, probably, it is no coincidence that Europe and America prefer the word "intellectual" to the word "intellectual". The Russian language not only accepted, absorbed the foreign word, it spiritualized it. In no other language of the world does this word carry an additional semantic load.

Intelligentsia- collected, people of mental labor with education and special knowledge in various fields of science, technology and culture; social stratum of people engaged in such work.

Intelligence - this is a person's ability to spiritual evolution, self-creation: you create yourself and open yourself, revealing hitherto unknown forces and abilities.

Aura -spec., 1 Depicted as a halo, halo, radiance around the head, body, represented as a manifestation of the soul, spirit.2. In parapsychology, the same as the biofield.

Work with text. Text printed for each student .

A person must be intelligent!

A person must be intelligent! And if his profession does not require intelligence? What if he couldn't get an education? And if intelligence makes him a "black sheep", will it interfere with his rapprochement with other people?

No no no! Intelligence is needed under all circumstances. Intelligence is equal to moral health, and health is necessary to live long - not only physically, but also mentally. The Bible says, "Honor your father and your mother, and you will live long on earth."

Intelligence is manifested not only in knowledge, but in the ability to understand another. It manifests itself in a thousand and a thousand little things: in the ability to argue respectfully, to behave modestly at the table, in the ability to imperceptibly (precisely imperceptibly) help another, to protect nature, not to litter around oneself - not to litter with cigarette butts or swearing, bad ideas (this is also garbage, and what else!) Intelligence is the ability to understand, to perceive, it is a tolerant attitude towards the world and towards people. Intelligence must be developed in oneself, trained - mental strength is trained, as physical ones are also trained.

The social duty of a person is to be intelligent. This is a duty to yourself. This is the key to his personal happiness and the "aura of goodwill" around him and to him (that is, addressed to him).

yov

Conversation on the content of the text.

Guys, we have before us an excerpt from the twelfth letter.

1.About what this text?(Exemplary answers of children: this is a reflection on the intelligentsia. It is needed in life not only for others, but for every person. This is our moral health. We must train spiritual and mental strength daily in order to be happy. Mental weakness leads to physical Weaknesses All our words, deeds return to us with a vengeance, so we must be aware of our deeds).

2.What issues are raised in this text?(What kind of person can be considered intelligent? What is intelligence? Is intelligence necessary in the modern world?)

3.How does the title of a text affect its topic?(The title contains an appeal that draws our attention to universal values).

4. What's the idea? (An intelligent person is a person who has not only a good education or talent, but also certain moral and moral qualities). Let's write down the idea with the help of theses from the text (the intelligence of a person is the key to his longevity, to be intelligent is a person's duty to himself, to be intelligent is a person's duty to society.)

5. Can an educated person be considered unintelligent?(No, since an educated person and an intelligent person are two different concepts, intelligence is based on the creation of the new through the awareness of the old as new).

6. List what traits you think an intelligent person should have.(This is a person who respects the culture of the past, who is able to understand another, who knows how to argue respectfully, who is able to imperceptibly help another, who protects nature, is modest, who does not litter the world around him not only materially, but also with bad ideas, friendly and kind).

7. Do you agree that "The social duty of a person is to be intelligent"?(Children share their opinions).

8.To what style of speech, type of speech does this passage belong?(This text belongs to the journalistic style of speech, the type of speech is reasoning. The thesis is put forward - a person must be intelligent, then the author proves why every person must be intelligent, the conclusion is that a person’s social duty is to be intelligent).

9. What signs of a journalistic style did you find in it? (Purpose: influencing the reader, suggesting a certain idea (if a person does not show respect for the culture of the past, does not educate himself daily, will not be responsible in solving moral issues, then this is a person who does not know how to live, unhappy, suffering from "mental blindness" ). The author encourages us to comprehend this important moral and ethical problem. This is the purpose of the title of the text. Another sign of a journalistic style is public accessibility (the text is designed to be understood by a wide audience of readers).

The text is very emotional, this is achieved through rhetorical questions and exclamations, syntactic parallelism, Yev does not just write, but through his letter he talks with the reader). For example, ... “And if his profession does not require intelligence? And if he could not get an education: so there were circumstances? What if the environment doesn't allow it? And if intelligence makes him a black sheep among his colleagues, friends, relatives, will it simply interfere with his rapprochement with other people?

11. What expressive means help to figuratively represent the text?

(This is achieved through a number of homogeneous members of “colleagues, friends, relatives” ... serve to create the most complete description of an intelligent person, use the phraseological unit “white crow”, lexical repetitions “in a thousand and a thousand little things”, the anaphora “and if ...” speaks of that the external environment should not affect the internal worldview, no conditions can affect the intelligence of people... Introductory constructions help to emphasize the significance of the phrase "precisely imperceptibly" ...).

12. What key words help to understand the direction of the author's thought, his inner state?

(The internal state helps us to understand the vocabulary characteristic of the journalistic style: must, must, protect - these are words addressed specifically to society).

13. Do you consider text dynamic or static?

(The text is dynamic, the movement is created due to the large use of verbs. They do not allow thoughts to flow, and constantly force the reader to look for answers to the questions posed. Verbs are used in the infinitive and indicative mood of the present tense, this use allows us to conclude that the moral questions that are raised in the text, do not have a statute of limitations, they will always be relevant, at any time, because without this it is impossible to talk about the soul of a person, without a soul we will all turn into callous, lack of initiative people).

Let's sum it up.

Is modern man an intelligent person?

What do you mean by this concept in today's world?

In 1991, Likhachev wrote the book "Reflections", as if a logical continuation of "Letters about the good and the beautiful." The “Reflections” are completed by 10 commandments of humanity, formulated by the Great Son of Russia. Let's see how these commandments relate to our text. What are the most significant commandments?

Commandments of humanity (written on the board).

Don't kill and don't start a war.
Do not think of your people as an enemy of other peoples.
Do not steal or appropriate the labor of your brother.
Seek only truth in science and do not use it for evil or for self-interest.
Respect the thoughts and feelings of your brothers.
Honor your parents and grandparents and preserve and honor everything they have created.!!!
Honor nature as your mother and helper.
Let your work and thoughts be the work and thoughts of a free creator, and not a slave.
Let all living things live, let the conceivable be thought.
Let everything be free, for everything is born free.

(yov).

Homework: Write an essay-reasoning on the topic “Is intelligence necessary in the modern world?”

A person must be intelligent! And if his profession does not require intelligence? And if he could not get an education: so there were circumstances? What if the environment doesn't allow it? And if intelligence makes him a "black sheep" among his colleagues, friends, relatives, will it simply interfere with his rapprochement with other people?

No, no and NO! Intelligence is needed under all circumstances. It is necessary both for others and for the person himself.

This is very, very important, and above all, in order to live happily and for a long time - yes, for a long time! For intelligence is equal to moral health, and health is needed to live long - not only physically, but also mentally. In one old book it says: "Honor your father and your mother, and you will live long on earth." This applies both to the whole people and to the individual. This is wise.

But first of all, let's define what intelligence is, and then why it is connected with the commandment of longevity.

Many people think that an intelligent person is one who read a lot, received a good education (and even predominantly in the humanities), traveled a lot, knows several languages.

Meanwhile, you can have all this and be unintelligent, and you can not possess any of this to a large extent, but still be an internally intelligent person.

Education should not be confused with intelligence. Education lives on the old content, intelligence lives on the creation of the new and the awareness of the old as new.

More than that ... Deprive a truly intelligent person of all his knowledge, education, deprive him of his very memory. Let him forget everything in the world, he will not know the classics of literature, he will not remember the greatest works of art, he will forget the most important historical events, but if with all this he retains a susceptibility to intellectual values, a love of acquiring knowledge, an interest in history, an aesthetic sense, he will be able to to distinguish a real work of art from a rough "thing" made only to surprise if he can admire the beauty of nature, understand the character and personality of another person, enter into his position, and having understood another person, help him, will not show rudeness, indifference, gloating , envy, but will appreciate another at its true worth if he shows respect for the culture of the past, the skills of an educated person, responsibility in solving moral issues, the richness and accuracy of his language - spoken and written - this will be an intelligent person.

Intelligence is not only in knowledge, but in the ability to understand another. It manifests itself in a thousand and a thousand little things: in the ability to argue respectfully, to behave modestly at the table, in the ability to imperceptibly (precisely imperceptibly) help another, to protect nature, not to litter around oneself - not to litter with cigarette butts or swearing, bad ideas (this is also garbage, and what else!)

I knew peasants in the Russian North who were truly intelligent. They observed amazing cleanliness in their homes, knew how to appreciate good songs, knew how to tell “by-life” (that is, what happened to them or others), lived an orderly life, were hospitable and friendly, treated with understanding both other people’s grief and someone else's joy.

Intelligence is the ability to understand, to perceive, it is a tolerant attitude towards the world and towards people.

Intelligence must be developed in oneself, trained - mental strength is trained, just as physical forces are trained. And training is possible and necessary in any conditions.

That physical strength training contributes to longevity is understandable. Much less people understand that for longevity, the training of spiritual and spiritual forces is also necessary.

The fact is that a vicious and evil reaction to the environment, rudeness and misunderstanding of others is a sign of mental and spiritual weakness, human inability to live ... Pushing in a crowded bus - a weak and nervous person, exhausted, reacting incorrectly to everything. Quarrels with neighbors - also a person who does not know how to live, deaf mentally. Aesthetically unreceptive is also an unhappy person. He who does not know how to understand another person, attributing only evil intentions to him, always taking offense at others - this is also a person who impoverishes his life and interferes with the lives of others. Mental weakness leads to physical weakness. I am not a doctor, but I am convinced of this. Years of experience convinced me of this.

Friendliness and kindness make a person not only physically healthy, but also beautiful. Yes, it's beautiful.

The face of a person, distorted by anger, becomes ugly, and the movements of an evil person are devoid of grace - not deliberate grace, but natural, which is much more expensive.

The social duty of a person is to be intelligent. This is a duty to yourself as well. This is the guarantee of his personal happiness and the "aura of goodwill" around him and towards him (that is, addressed to him).

Everything I talk about with young readers in this book is a call to intelligence, to physical and moral health, to the beauty of health. Let us be long-lived, as people and as a people! And the veneration of father and mother should be understood broadly - as veneration of all our best in the past, in the past, which is the father and mother of our modernity, the great modernity, to belong to which is great happiness.

Maria, Borzya

Thank you for answering! It seems like a very simple question, but opinions differed to absolutism in different ways, so it’s so important for me to know someone else’s opinion, Egor. And I didn’t write that D. Likhachev is VERY, VERY smart, he is decent, intelligent, educated, morally and morally developed, an insightful writer and academician, A CULTURAL PERSON !!! He speaks wonderfully !!! In vain YOU, Egor, do not admire him :(Once again, sincerely thank you for your answer! Thank you!:)

Egor, Moscow

Dear Maria, I am grateful to you for your help. Although I do not like and do not consider D. Likhachev to be very smart. Now about what you are asking. Of course you can. , Lenin, Stalin, Yesenin, Ivan the Terrible, Peter l, Kropotkin, - various Great Russian artists and composers and writers and poets) could not exist without responsibility and dignity. a young and unknown poet, I say on my own, need to go through so many instances, a printing house ... - spend a lot of money, go through pressure and misunderstanding of society (the people around you), therefore, without response, real intelligence (the real one) so that no one always tells you Maria, true intelligence cannot be without responsibility and without dignity. And without a sense of duty as well - it's all interconnected.

Maria, Borzya

I will continue, unfortunately there is not enough space for letters of this kind. I gave the definition of the term "SIMPLE". And so what does the term "INTELLIGENT" mean - it is also a large ambiguous meaning, multifaceted as well as simple, but in most sources "INTELLIGENT" means CULTURAL, hence it follows that NON-INTELLIGENT is NON-CULTURAL. I also have questions about INTELLIGENCE, for example, is it possible to combine intelligence with responsibility, with a sense of duty, with dignity ??? And what do YOU ​​mean by Dignity and RESPONSIBILITY ??? VERY INTERESTING to know someone else's opinion !!!

Maria, Borzya

Good evening, everyone! I really liked the comments of Yegor and Pavel, to be honest, I'm impressed! different from the non-intelligent?" Dear Yegor, if YOU carefully read the article of the outstanding writer, psychologist LIKHACHEV, then for sure you should understand that, in his opinion, simple is not at all intelligent, but in my opinion, simple and unintelligent is absolutely not similar and certainly not identical, because . most often it is ordinary people who are PURE INTELLIGENTS! Yes, we often hear that simple is simple, uncomplicated, unpretentious, because the term SIMPLE has the same multifaceted meaning as the term INTELLIGENCE! YOU could not help but notice that ordinary people more often of all, a sense of understanding is developed in relation to other people, and this is precisely what means that a PERSON IS TRUELY INTELLIGENT! but unfortunately, to a great regret, there is no incontemplation, misunderstanding, lack of sympathy, impatience, irresponsibility for other people in them. Yes, I understand it is very difficult to understand me, but still I want to state my thoughts to the original end. Let's summarize. And so simple is a multifaceted meaning, from the point of view of YOUR perception of the world, YOU can understand by simple, something simple, unpretentious, but if YOU are closer to the people, to people, then simple in YOUR perception is spiritual, suitable for difficult things, thinking not only about himself, but also about the people around him.

Egor, Moscow

And I’ll say one more thing! Intelligence is not only the ability to think independently and deeply, but first of all, the desire to make the world a better kinder place, to serve the highest and highest landmarks of society! But in our modern society, (all over the world, and not just in our country ) intelligence means (in the best case!) Education, and in general democracy-democratism, (democrat in opinion), the desire for modernity and civilization, in the worst sense of the word, contempt for the common people and even the desire to join the circle of the so-called the modern elite, which decent people can only despise (for example, respect for G. Kh. Popov). I have everything.

Egor, Moscow

Thank you Pavel for responding. But you misunderstood me. I was talking about unintelligent, and not about intelligent and intelligence. They say, for example, intellectuals do not play ballalaikas, they play the piano, but ordinary people play the ballalaika. Here I’m interested in whether simple and unintelligent are the same thing or different things and meanings. Please do not confuse unintelligent, like any person in general who, for example, is uneducated. I’m interested in the main alternative of an intellectual as a non-intellectual and as a simple person, a commoner. , most importantly, simple (non-intelligent) does not mean a fool or stupid. This is understandable, because some artist can be a fool, but he is undoubtedly an intellectual, and some blacksmith, and indeed a worker in general, can be smart. Thanks in advance, Pavel. I'm glad you were the first to answer my question.

Pavel, Moscow

Egor, I believe that these concepts are similar, but not identical. In a nutshell, intelligence is the ability to think independently and deeply. You will object: narrowly, incorrectly, but what about smart villains? I agree, but I am convinced that the concept of "deep" thinking excludes this: a truly intelligent, feeling and conscientious person, it seems to me, must certainly come to conclusions about the inadmissibility of rudeness, boasting, selfishness, and so on. - that is, I want to say, deep ordered thinking comes to true moral ideals, about which his inner feeling - his conscience - constantly whispers to everyone. So, can a simple person be intelligent, you ask. That is, the question is, can a simple person be a carrier of an independent, clear and deep mind, be able to act according to conscience contrary to circumstances, customs, etc.? Probably, yes, but, you see, this is not so common even among people who are quite "difficult" - literate, educated. Morality in our time is precisely the ability to go against the immorality of the crowd, to lay one's difficult path in the snow of delusions - but is it possible for a "simple" person to do this - that is, one who is not fully educated, who has read little, who is not used to building speech, coherently expressing complex thoughts, think about abstract things with yourself? He has not yet felt the power of his mind, he is not yet sure of his intellectual abilities, he has not yet realized that perhaps the idea is higher than the thing. It will be very difficult for him to suddenly find his own path, to defend his principle - or he will change in these attempts and become a "difficult" person, that is, he forms himself by quite lengthy reflections. So, while a person is simple, it is difficult for him to start thinking independently, since he does not have such a habit at all - namely, independent thinking, aimed at achieving the truth, is intelligence.

Egor, Moscow

Someone will say, simple and unintelligent is generally the same thing, or is there a difference, and if there is a difference, then what is it.

Roman, Krasnoyarsk

Great essay! I would like to see more such works.