Some said that one of the greatest contribution the Greek has made to Human Civilisation is the concept of Intellectuality; that one can use reason, logic and argument to look into things and issues that arise in the course of human existence; that it is possible to analyse and discuss things in rational and open-minded manners; and more importantly, that  Intellect can serve as a reliable guide ito human actions in that such approach can often lead us to better and better answers over time.

But perhaps the most important of all, is the Greek’s  passion  and faith that Intellectuality is a Virtue in its own right and that can help to guide us in terms of getting closer towards  the truth; and towards the Light that would lie behind the immediate darkness that may be facing us.

In any case, the respect and faith  human beings have towards Intellectuality have allowed human beings to preserve the findings , insights and wisdoms  of the past and to keep reviewing and refining them along the long and involved journey of human civilisation.

That said, however important  the role Intellectuality can play in the  journey of humanities, let us not forget that its existence is  not given; nor is it necessarily  it can assume an important role in human affairs.

In hindsight, while probably all major human civilisations that have existed generally contained certain elements of intellectuality, the importance different civilisations has placed on it vary quite significantly. And perhaps none of the other civilisations has placed so much importance and faith on Intellectuality  as the Greek.

Indeed, one may say that Intellectuality, elevated to the level of a revered guiding force for human affairs,  is quite an accidental phenomenon in history. In a way, it was like a fire kindled by the Greek  but such fire might have extinguished for about 1,000 years before the Italian monk’s accidental discovery of Cierco’s works which rekindled a resurgence in interest and passion towards the Greek culture and subsequently led to the Renaissance, the rise of Science, Industrial Revolution and all that.

But for all the achievements Intellectuality has accomplished, one may still cast doubts on the actual importance it has on human affairs.  Freud, for example, has once made the famous remark that “We may insist as often as we like that man’s intellect is powerless in comparison with his instinctual life, and we may be right in this..”

And if one examine into human history, one would probably come to the conclusion that many things human beings have done were driven by greed, fear, hatred, jealousy and many other human instincts and human intellect looked really quite powerless against them.

Among the human thoughts we have been able to collect, 10 are of particular importance and significance.

That said, one may say that one swing factor for the answer on this subject matter is the time horizon one takes on such matters. Yes, man’s Intellect is probably powerless in comparison with his instinctual life in the short run, yet the dynamics could change somewhat over time, in as much as that intellectual ideas could well penetrate and permeate into our instincts over time so that subconsciously, human beings may well be able to  internalise many intellectual ideas without knowing that.

As such, while Freud has remarked that “….man’s intellect is powerless in comparison with his instinctual life, and we may be right in this..”, he has followed up this sentence with the following remark .. “ Nevertheless, there is something peculiar about this weakness. The Voice of the Intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. Ultimately, after the endless rebuffs, it succeeds. This is one of the few points which we may be optimistic about the future of mankind, and in itself this signifies not a little…”

Indeed, as Keynes has remarked “ The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else…..sooner or later, it is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.”

So, our idea is to collect, preserve and disseminate some of the greatest ideas we can discern and can have access to from All Those Who Have Lived ; from All Walks Of Life, East and West, Past and Present.

That said, one may say that one swing factor for the answer on this subject matter is the time horizon one takes on such matters. Yes, man’s Intellect is probably powerless in comparison with his instinctual life in the short run, yet the dynamics could change somewhat over time, in as much as that intellectual ideas could well penetrate and permeate into our instincts over time so that subconsciously, human beings may well be able to  internalise many intellectual ideas without knowing that.

As such, while Freud has remarked that “….man’s intellect is powerless in comparison with his instinctual life, and we may be right in this..”, he has followed up this sentence with the following remark .. “ Nevertheless, there is something peculiar about this weakness. The Voice of the Intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. Ultimately, after the endless rebuffs, it succeeds. This is one of the few points which we may be optimistic about the future of mankind, and in itself this signifies not a little…”

Indeed, as Keynes has remarked “ The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else…..sooner or later, it is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.”

So, our idea is to collect, preserve and disseminate some of the greatest ideas we can discern and can have access to from All Those Who Have Lived ; from All Walks Of Life, East and West, Past and Present.

These ideas in turn have penetrated and permeated into what we endeavour to do. Among them, those of 10 thinkers are of particular importance and significance as, collectively, they provide the intellectual foundation upon which we seek to build on. This however does not mean that those outside of these 10 thinkers are necessarily of less importance and significance.  

Someone seems to have said that ideas are like children in that once they are born, they will have lives of their own. To us, all ideas we have collected are great ideas and have beauty in their own rights and we are not sure if it is a good idea , or whether it is possible at all, to compare and rank them.  Our encounters with these ideas are driven by our own journeys of lives which have been idiosyncrastic  and accidental elements and it just so happens that we come to know some people and thinkers more than others. Our main idea is to understand and appreciate these ideas as best we can, and we do not seek so much to rank, to compare, lesser still to evaluate or judge.

And these ideas constitute what we see as intellectual assets which we shall use to help build our endeavours and which we see as capable of generating insights and income to those who seek to read and understand them.