I was just listening to Machiavelli's, The Prince, Chapter 3. The reader said something about wise men. I thought of my old Pastor. He seemed pretty clever when he spoke to the congregation and gave advice. He is pretty well educated and erudite but I wonder if he, like other wise people, are just privy to more honesty from people. A lot of people are similar so when many people talk to someone they respect in such am emotionally intimate way, they are likely to be more honest about their hopes need and fears. How many people get to hear about what's really going on in the lives of others. Pastors and various other social go to people get their smarts from the very people that approach them for help. Stands to reason, that if you know more about the private lives of people you will be wiser.
I just went full circle.
