intellectual
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When Thoreau set out for his first of his three chronicled trips to Cape Cod in 1849, he was a virtually unknown hanger-on to America’s foremost public intellectual, Ralph Waldo Emerson.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Thompson said she felt fortunate to grow up surrounded by books and intellectual discussion, but noted that many women historically had been denied the same opportunities.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
That’s Elbridge Colby, the JD Vance pal who is running this intellectual project.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Their divergent expectations weren’t evidence of political bias, according to this narrative, but of honest intellectual disagreements about economic strategy.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
This, to a Renaissance intellectual, is a deeply puzzling concept.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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