Antiochus Kantemir
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Antiochus or Antioch Kantemir or Cantemir was a Moldavian who served as a man of letters, diplomat, and prince during the Russian Enlightenment. He has been called "the father of Russian poetry".
Litograph by Pyotr Borel, 1864-1869
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An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the nature of reality, especially the nature of society and proposed solutions for its normative problems.
Antiochus Kantemir
…Romanian: Antioh Cantemir; Turkish: Antioh Kantemiroğlu; French: Antioche Cantemir; 8 September 1708 – 31 March 1744) was a Moldavian who served as a man of letters, diplomat, and prince during the Russian Enlightenment. He has been called "the father of Russian poetry…
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The Congregational theologian Edwards Amasa Park proposed segregating the intellectuals from the public sphere of society in the United States.
The economist Milton Friedman identified the intelligentsia and the business class as interfering with capitalism.