savant, n.Definitions

Savant (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠nobler than the artist, being simpler, quieter, less ambitious, and willing to lose himself in matters that rarely seem worth such a sacrifice.

The Savant (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠replaced the writer of genius as the intellectual's figure: not a singer of eternal things but a strategist of life and death.