On Wisdom

Published on May 2, 2008 By erathoniel In Philosophy

Wisdom is:

Foresight
Selflessness
Accurate values
Peaceful nature
Patience
Rule-reforming

Wisdom is not:

Rule-following for the sake of rule-following
Selfishness
Bestowing too much importance where it is not due
Warmongering
Impatience
A desire for the present

Comments (Page 2)

KFC Kickin For Christ

on Nov 16, 2008

I never trust anyone who thinks they can't be wrong.

reminds me of a quote by Jonathan Swift:

"A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday."

It really comes down to two kinds of wisdom, worldy wisdom and Godly wisdom. This can be seen in the following two biblical passages. .

"The wisdom of this world is foolishness to God." 1 Cor 3:19

""The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Psalm 111:10

erathoniel

on Nov 18, 2008

Edit: Wow, didn't realise this topic was so old; figured it was on the front page so still recent. Apologies for zombiefying it.

Don't worry, you sparked my memory.

Wisdom is not a well defined concept, and so is generally decided by a post-hoc decisions calling a range of actions 'wise' and then saying thats what wisdom is. However as it lacks a strict definition what actions you define as wise can easily be argued to be unwise by others, as they're applying a different definition of wisdom, and neither of them are wrong as there is no firm consesus on what wisdom is.

As a general rule, wisdom is the ability to do things that won't get you in trouble that let you sleep at night.

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