A Thinking Man...

Fydor ends chapter four with the question, "Can a thinking man have any self-respect whatever?" However, he starts chapter five by continuing to rift on that notion, or answering this question, but stating: "No, a man can't have a trace of self-respect, can he..." Does that lack of self-respect simply stem from the fact that the thinking man, the true man of knowledge, realizes that he will never possess the correct in answer in full? Is this thus that ultimate act of humility? Is is the Dancing Mind fully at work? 

Or perhaps better and simpler question is:

Who is more beneficial to 'our' society--a person of thought or a person of action?

Have fun rattling your swords (your pen--ha,ha,ha) at that one.

Great class today--minus Jim's drooling.