[emergentcypher]

That wording is worse than absurd. It's comical. Their ability to use a thesaurus does not make them intellectuals, in fact the exact opposite.

[frozenport]

The same criticism was leveled against Hegel.

[jessaustin]

This comment is brilliant. To those who consider Hegel important it says one thing. To those who can't stomach him it says another. Those who have never heard of Hegel will also be partitioned, into those who go to wikipedia and get confused, and those who take it as more support for their feeling that big words aren't so bad.