When I think of an intellectual beggar it brings to mind a very devious cunning person, or simply a door to door salesman. If you think about it there whole sales pitch sound like they are begging you to buy their product. Some however are good at not sounding like they are begging, but in reality they just use large words just to confuse you, then that’s where you fall and become their pray.
Other than just a salesman, also an intellectual beggar can be perceived as someone who seeks and wants to learn and seek out knowledge begging for what they need to get a better education. For instance a person who wants to get a better job goes to college and seeks higher education he learns that college life is hard and takes a beating on him. He learns to beg parents for money and teachers for extra time and help on assignments.
During hard times you have to do hard things but everyone at some point learns to beg wither it’s for food or just to get your way. It’s been imbedded since we were born. We start learning how to beg our mother for food as babies, as kids for toys and teens for the car to drive. It’s a natural habit that cannot be erased or broken.
In conclusion it really depends on how you preserve to define an “intellectual beggar” because you never know how many variations you can come across. It can be anything from a sales pitch to your very survival in this world.
3 comments:
Salesmen are very cunning and not to mention annoying if I say so myself.
OMG that was real. Like really that sounded good and true, everyone is an intellectual begger, your examples for everyone being an intellectual begger said it all. I remember when I wanted the easy way into getting a job. I wanted the answer to all the questions on the damn application and so I did, which didnt get me anywhere except for me getting the interview and my interviewer asking the same questions that were on the application that I didnt do myself so I felt stupid. Getting the answer to something isnt always a good thing.
Speaking from one who has seen many moons.. Life is a journey and until the day we surrender to death we should strive to always be an intellectual beggar.
I loved it, Rachel. You are very deep.
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