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I personally think an honest analytical mind with less book smarts could be much more progressive (be it ethical, social, business, science, etc.) than a well "educated" mind that has a hard time communicating honestly.
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While I do agree with you that a progressive thinker should be part of what it means to be educated. What comes first, the chicken or the egg?
I necessarily believe that we need to have some book smarts as you put it, in order to be able to properly process and honestly think about our world.
The more informed we are, the better we'll be able to weigh issues and come to a conclusion. (sorry for playing devli's advocate!)
But yes, I still do think that a definition of an educated person should include not only faculties of the mind, but faculties of the soul as well. To me this would be a well rounded, well educated person.