Intelligence and emotion

(idea) by denim Wed Mar 21 2001 at 18:35:58
There is something inherently tragic about intelligence; rationality carries within itself the source of madness. The human animal is a frail thing to carry such a weight. The Damoclean aspect of rationality is that it is emotionally addictive...it is not a load easily surrendered, or shared. The conflict between emotion and rationality is a bitter one; rationality turns emotions against themselves, while emotions twist and crack rationality until it is perhaps worse than nothing at all. How, then, can one remain sane and happy trapped within a self divided?
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