INTELLECTUM

FAITH SEEKING UNDERSTANDING

I forgot how I first came across the word intellectum, which is said to have been coined by Anselm of Canterbury, the founder of Scholasticism. Originally, I wanted to give this name to my first fund.

Above all else, I love the ethic expressed in the phrase that contains this word: Fides quaerens intellectum—faith seeking understanding.

Understanding does not exist as a finished product; it always happens in the process of understanding itself, and it requires us to believe that understanding is possible.

This is not a tool, but a moral principle.

I have always been helped and guided by this principle, whatever situation I have faced.

I want to carry this moral into my business and resist the temptation to become obsessed with easy answers.