“That hunger for power is a particular factor of intelligence.”
What an odd thing to say. A particularly intelligent person would inclined, I think, to question the merit of his hungers. Otherwise, he lets himself become a slave to them. How bright is that?
“That hunger for power is a particular factor of intelligence.”
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Wrong word, factor, Better stated would be that the hunger for power and its accumulation is a particular kind of intelligence/motivation