The Educated Man

In dispelling Society’s definition, Newman took it upon himself to create a substitute; an unaffected spiritual definition pulled from the same well that the definition of man in the constitution was pulled. This statement helps defend Newman’s case. He is still stereotyped by what they’ve done, rather than what he is. The good fortune then becomes unappreciated and vulgar. Those of them who did receive a University diploma do not owe their success or education to the University they received it from.

One trait of Newman’s educated man is that “he is at home with any society” and “has common ground with every class. Perhaps the beginning of educated men will remain where it has always begun, in the small cleft of a rock- such as Stratford-upon-Avon or Urbino, Italy, where one learns to ask questions, in pursuit of their answers stumble upon new world’s and ideas alike. A true educated man knows he may learn more about the anatomy of a fish from a poor fisherman than a Harvard grad. ” This idea is also contradictory to the thought of the time- that an educated man relates only to other educated men. He knows he may gain knowledge from all walks of life, and does not limit his knowledge imput to the ideas of just one class. Today, men such as Martin Luther, Albert Einstein, and Charlie Chaplin can be added to the list. He was a man who had acquired good fortune without education, and it was indeed vulgar, as opposed to the charming life of Van Gough, whose artwork, although not rewarded with money during his lifetime, will forever be appreciated.