id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
expositions-572	none	The Problem of Stupidity in Chekhov's Three Sisters	2011	16	.pdf	application/pdf	8312	356	58	10 The first types of stupidity – honorable stupidity – is commonly recognized and therefore not always threatening, while the second type – intelligent stupidity – is not commonly recognized and consequently is always dangerous. Honorable stupidity is illustrated by its poverty of words and ideas, its slow comprehension of facts, and its stubborn preference for the familiar, while intelligent stupidity is distinguished by its claims to insights beyond its ability, the privileging of emotions over reason, and the ability to produce convincing rationalizations to justify its viewpoints: The higher, pretentious form of stupidity stands only too often in crass opposition to [its] honorable form.	cache/expositions-572.pdf	txt/expositions-572.txt