A well read individual is Intelligent or Is an Intelligent person well read !

Knowledge and intelligence are co-related. An intelligent person is one who has knowledge of almost everything in life and he has the ability to think and apply his knowledge with discretion. But what is knowledge? It is an awareness acquired through experience. Reading gives you information; not knowledge. A well-read person fills his brain with all sorts of information and converts it into an infinite library of the universe. Information is the theoretical part. Real knowledge is practical, which can be attained only through experience.

Knowledge gained by reading, if not applied in the right direction..  leads you nowhere. Otherwise it's an exercise in futility.

 

RAMAKRISHNAN. A wrote:Knowledge and intelligence are co-related. An intelligent person is one who has knowledge of almost everything in life and he has the ability to think and apply his knowledge with discretion. But what is knowledge? It is an awareness acquired through experience. Reading gives you information; not knowledge. A well-read person fills his brain with all sorts of information and converts it into an infinite library of the universe. Information is the theoretical part. Real knowledge is practical, which can be attained only through experience.

Reading no doubt gives you information but an intelligent person is able to absorb and gain knowledge out of it ,use it to his advantage. I agree that there is no use of having any amount of knowledge and intelligence, if not used for practical purpose to better oneself in life ..

It goes like this. I'm a voracious reader. I gained knowledge too. I know two multiplied by two makes Four..

If I do not know what would be the the cost of 4 oranges, if each costs  Two rupees. To make it simple I quoted this example. Such knowledge gained by reading is of no use.

To sum up all, Read books. Gain knowledge. And apply.

 

rambabu wrote:

It goes like this. I'm a voracious reader. I gained knowledge too. I know two multiplied by two makes Four..

If I do not know what would be the the cost of 4 oranges, if each costs  Two rupees. To make it simple I quoted this example. Such knowledge gained by reading is of no use.

To sum up all, Read books. Gain knowledge. And apply.

 

Yes very true, I guess common sense is also something that comes with intelligence and experience and it is very much needed to face life and its hurdles.

 I agree with you. Application is more important. It has its relevance in all spheres of life that makes you shoot ahead.

Knowlege is collection of information. Knowledge means more informed. Intelligence is the capacity to use knowledge. An unintelligent person may have more knowledge but incapable toproperly make use of. 

Information becomes knowledge when it is put to use and intelligence is the ability to learn and become capable of manipulating knowledge as required. Reading and observing are tools to acquire knowledge. The more one has the more learning takes place and more equpped he is to use it or intelligence goes up. Common sense is however not so common.

Well said. Information if not put into practice, is an exercise in futility.

 

So, in effect one can achieve little even if one is bestowed with intelligence or is it that ones intelligent levels goes up or gets enhanced with knowledge which is got through books and education. I would think that experience and wisdom has a lot to do with common sense which is also instinctive ..

Definitely. Experience and wisdom, if used in the right direction play a vital role in achieving the desired results.

 

Intelligence is the use of information in a way that better results can be produced. So a well read person will get only information, but an intelligent person can well use this information gained.

True. Being a well read person is not enough. Unless the intelligence gained through reading is applied to the real life conditions..

 

I am not sure if an intelligent person is well-read or a well- read person is intelligent.It all has something to do with the upper storey.The sharpness of the intellect one is born with that determines the product of assimilation of the essence of any book which it is impregnated with between its two covers.I firmly believe that meaning

always lies bewteen the lines of a book.

chinmoymukherjee wrote:

I am not sure if an intelligent person is well-read or a well- read person is intelligent.It all has something to do with the upper storey.The sharpness of the intellect one is born with that determines the product of assimilation of the essence of any book which it is impregnated with between its two covers.I firmly believe that meaning

always lies bewteen the lines of a book.

 

To be frank, that was too complicated for me to understand in totality but what I could make out of it was that well-read and intelligence have no direct relations. But as usual I am open to correction if found totally unintelligent in this case.

@Sunil

Have I made it that complicated? Let others judge it!

I am happy that you have got it right.

chinmoymukherjee wrote:

I am not sure if an intelligent person is well-read or a well- read person is intelligent.It all has something to do with the upper storey.The sharpness of the intellect one is born with that determines the product of assimilation of the essence of any book which it is impregnated with between its two covers.I firmly believe that meaning

always lies bewteen the lines of a book.

I agree, the meaning also lies in how it gets assimilated y the person, right ? Some go just by what is written but a more intelligent person might try to connect it to different things in life.. Even a small piece of information that may seem unimportant to others would be used to its maximum advantage by an intelligent person , or is that being street smart ?

@Usha

Yes,you have cracked the Da Vinci code! It is same set books which can peons out of PhDs and PhDs out of peons.The very same grammat,vocabulary which produce complexity in language like mine but

fluency and simplicity in some!

usha manohar wrote:

chinmoymukherjee wrote:

I am not sure if an intelligent person is well-read or a well- read person is intelligent.It all has something to do with the upper storey.The sharpness of the intellect one is born with that determines the product of assimilation of the essence of any book which it is impregnated with between its two covers.I firmly believe that meaning

always lies bewteen the lines of a book.

I agree, the meaning also lies in how it gets assimilated y the person, right ? Some go just by what is written but a more intelligent person might try to connect it to different things in life.. Even a small piece of information that may seem unimportant to others would be used to its maximum advantage by an intelligent person , or is that being street smart ?

I would call that being a wise person for a well-read person can be an intelligent person or vice versa, but a person who is neither well-read nor intelligent but is able to take wise decisions according to his or own experiences and is able to act accordingly is much better than the aforementioned categories. A well read person may or may not be able to put into application what he has learned or read in books and an intelligent person may not possess the wisdom to be able to connect the dots, as you have put forth in your post. So what matters, according to me is, wisdom to apply things and process intelligence as more important.

@ chinmoy, That was a fine example you gave ...In fact I wondered why a person who is able to complete his PHd should be so hard pressed for a job? and by the way very few can come up to your level with regard to the fluency and complexity of the English language I am learning all the time !