What is wisdom?
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Free hug to WISE people who are capable of following the thread.
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I would prefer a hug to a hand-shake, personally.
Because there is no skin contact, the clothes prevent it.
Because there is no skin contact, the clothes prevent it.
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Do such people need an extra hug ?Hobbes' Choice wrote:Free hug to WISE people who are capable of following the thread.
Just wondering.
It could be like carrying owls to Athens.
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surreptitious57
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Knowledge shouts / Wisdom whispers
This be the difference between them
This be the difference between them
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We all dance round and round and suppose
While the secret sits in the middle and knows.
Robert Frost saw knowledge as something secretive and quiet.
While the secret sits in the middle and knows.
Robert Frost saw knowledge as something secretive and quiet.
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PoeticUniverse
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Re: What is wisdom?
The unlocked Secret gleams in the tavern,
Yet in the mosque the key endures unturned.
— Omar
Yet in the mosque the key endures unturned.
— Omar
Re: What is wisdom?
Wisdom is when you draw sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
Premises are usually insufficient.
Premises are usually insufficient.
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duszek wrote:Wisdom is when you draw sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
Premises are usually insufficient.
Nah - its when you draw insufficient conclusions from apparently sufficient premises.
Being "wise" is to know you cannot know everything, You ned to keep your conclusions flexible in the light of potentially new premises.
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Because our minds are heavily restricted the conclusions we draw are temporary at best, shots in the dark at worst.
One of the advantages of getting older is that we draw better conclusions because we have more of the "whole picture" because of the life experience.
We are better at dismissing the foul premises.
One of the advantages of getting older is that we draw better conclusions because we have more of the "whole picture" because of the life experience.
We are better at dismissing the foul premises.
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Jaded Sage
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I just realized that wisdom is a way of thinking. Thoughts?
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"wisely" is a way of thinking. Wisdom is the ground of that thinking. Wise is the condition of the ability to think well with experience and reason.Jaded Sage wrote:I just realized that wisdom is a way of thinking. Thoughts?
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You are just making a grammatical mistake. This is not a disagreement; it's just a mistakeJaded Sage wrote:Well, we disagree.
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Jaded Sage
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Lol, I completely disagree.
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That is not wise of you.Jaded Sage wrote:Lol, I completely disagree.