Igor Ivanovich Garin. Prophets and poets (№ 428832)

The definition of a mass man is, in essence, simple - it is one who is alien to intellectual effort. He can be passed through universities and academies, tightly equipped with titles and regalia, glorified - all the same, the beautiful and lofty will leave him blind and deaf. TV and newspaper are his ceiling. Aggressive rejection of the truth is his lot.