This quote by Arthur Schopenhauer: “Men of very great capacity, will as a rule, find the company of very stupid people preferable to that of the common run; for the same reason that the tyrant and the mob, the grandfather and the grandchildren, are natural allies.”

Question

This makes sense to me, but I can’t put into words exactly why it makes sense. Could someone please put it into words?

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Answer 1

Very smart people will choose to hang out with stupid people. And then he gives a couple of examples, saying it’s for the same reason, although he doesn’t actually give the reason.