Quote Originally Posted by colour
i think they will coexist simply because there will always be an intellectual issue. however, they are contradictions. contradictions are impossible in a proper social system, philosophically.

"proper" is in the eyes of the beholders.
Too much of anything can be detremental; too much intellectual and not enough mystical can be just as damaging as too much mystical and not enough intellectual.

The perfect social system in my own eyes would be zen with itself, that contradictions are not something to get your panties in a wad over.