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Comment on: What makes a person wise?

Bigthink — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:55:17 +0100

Wisdom, simply put, is related to discernment. It's the result of critical thinking. Five habits of mind (thanks to the East-Central-Park Secondary School in NYC) cultivate wisdom: relevance, connectedness, evidence, alternatives, and viewpoint... that is, given a scenario, one must ask, "Who puts forth this idea, and what's their agenda?" "Why does this idea matter?" "What do we know about this and how do we know it?" "What if factor X was different; would this still be applicable?" The ability to think clearly, making sense of the knowledge one obtains-- this is wisdom.

Comment on: What makes a person wise?

Bigthink — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:22:57 +0100

"I seek not knowledge but rather wisdom." Carl Jung.

Comment on: What makes a person wise?

Bigthink — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:54:36 +0100

jdrockerfeller,
I agree with your basic assessment.
Intelligence is the quantity of what we know. Smartness and sometimes wiseness is how we employ that information.

Comment on: What makes a person wise?

Bigthink — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:49:02 +0100

I think you are talking about what we refer to as inteligence. Wisdom i would say is simplly ackgnowledge your own ignorance and fallibility, but of course not accepting it and attempting to get knoledge. So i would say wisdom is an attitude.