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Thread #85730   Message #1595738
Posted By: greg stephens
02-Nov-05 - 10:06 AM
Thread Name: BS: Shakespeare: Henry Neville?
Subject: RE: BS: Shakespeare: Henry Neville?
Ron Davies: I absolutely did not use the phrase "educated but stupid" to refer to people who thought that Shakespeare was not the author. I am well aware that many educated and very clever people have doubts about the authorship, and make a very telling case. I only used the phrase to describe people who, because they are educated themselves, fondly believe that formal education is required before you can achieve any intellectual accomplishment. That is a kind of totally unjustified arrogance which I would certainly call "stupid": most of us know that many immensely clever and talented achievers educated themselves.