Intelligence is rather a personality trait than a set of any specific character traits and manifestations. But if you try to systematize everything that distinguishes an intelligent person from an ordinary person, you can clearly see his most striking and leading features.
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Step 1
Of course, high education is not intelligence in itself, but it is what, in general, unites all intelligent people. Education is not limited only to a narrow professional range of interests, but is constantly growing, increasing in volume, expanding in a wide variety of areas.
Step 2
A book is an inalienable attribute of an intelligent person, and not so much because it is necessary to read, but simply one cannot but read, one cannot but learn something new, developing and supplementing one's thought. An intelligent person is driven by some invisible force to culture, knowledge, thought.
Step 3
An intelligent person is basically a theoretician. Even if he is engaged in some very specific business, achieves great success in it, but the main thing that drives him is thought. It can even be argued that it is for the sake of thought that he acts, and this thought feeds all his deeds. Continuous mental activity is what distinguishes an intelligent person from a simple one.
Step 4
In his affairs, an intelligent person is aimed at universality, he wants to discover something that will be useful and acceptable for all mankind. In this sense, we can say that he observes the interests of the common human good. Therefore, such as a teacher, doctor, writer, actor, artist have always been considered truly intelligent professions - these are those people who work for the good of all people.
Step 5
An intelligent person always acutely feels reality, and, consequently, all its flaws and imperfections. His high sensitivity to deception, lies, hypocrisy, dishonesty, the troubles of completely strangers does not leave you indifferent. Often, all these experiences are much higher than taking care of yourself, your family and friends.
Step 6
Therefore, activity, both concrete physical and mental, is aimed at reworking existing reality. An intelligent person dreams of creating a world in which everyone will be fine. He is intoxicated with his work, his occupation, and often, working albeit in one area, he manages to change something, somehow influence people, even from the immediate environment.
Step 7
And that is why, carrying these qualities, an intelligent person is distinguished by a high culture of communication, simplicity, and attentiveness to the interlocutor. It seems that this person is as close as possible and, at the same time, as far as possible from you. And this assumption is true, because the field of his existence is not here and now, next to you, but in his head, in thoughts and ideas, in an endless internal dialogue.
