There are three kinds of intellects: one understands things by itself, the other discerns what others understand, and the third understands neither by itself nor through others. The first is excellent, the second good, the third useless.
The Prince, political philosophy
The Prince, Chapter XXII: Concerning the Secretaries of Princes
1532
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