Understanding "Wisdom"

experience Plus time plus knowledge equals wisdom

oblivion blockade wrote: experience Plus time plus knowledge equals wisdom

Just did the math. Didn't work out.
:silly:

Proteus wrote: What do you believe about the nature of "Wisdom"?

Wisdom is a quality that cannot be actively sought with any amount of success. It "claims us," as you have stated, when we stop seeking it. Letting go of the search for wisdom is something I've tried to master. It's not too difficult to fake wisdom, but once reached is difficult to keep hold of, and grasping too hard can cause it to slip away.

Philosophers may distinguish different kinds of knowledge, that is, knowledge specific to a particular object. Experience is a kind of knowledge and there is the knowledge we have of particular activities, but even advanced knowledge of electrical wiring, writing or international travel is not considered wisdom. Wisdom does not seem to be cumulative. There is no threshold one crosses from just being really smart, or experienced, to being wise.

There is also, according to Aristotle, a practical wisdom of knowing how best to live in the world. Best as virtuous, and Aristotle thinks the best way to live in the world is as a philosopher. Philosophy means the love of wisdom. On the other hand, if the object of study is ideas, this is a different kind of knowing. This kind of knowledge is often associated with wisdom. Wisdom seems to have more to do with both a particular kind of knowledge, as well as, a way of knowing. Which leads to the philosophical question: How would one recognize wisdom unless one were already wise?

Alan wrote: Philosophers may distinguish different kinds of knowledge, that is, knowledge specific to a particular object. Experience is a kind of knowledge and there is the knowledge we have of particular activities, but even advanced knowledge of electrical wiring, writing or international travel is not considered wisdom. Wisdom does not seem to be cumulative. There is no threshold one crosses from just being really smart, or experienced, to being wise.

There is also, according to Aristotle, a practical wisdom of knowing how best to live in the world. Best as virtuous, and Aristotle thinks the best way to live in the world is as a philosopher. Philosophy means the love of wisdom. On the other hand, if the object of study is ideas, this is a different kind of knowing. This kind of knowledge is often associated with wisdom. Wisdom seems to have more to do with both a particular kind of knowledge, as well as, a way of knowing. Which leads to the philosophical question: How would one recognize wisdom unless one were already wise?

I concur. I would choose the way of a philosopher to see some things, Same way as I would choose to see things from different points of view. lol being Jedi and all !

I always imaged Wisdom to the ability to use knowledge at the right time in the right context. Like worldly wisdom than would be knowledge of worldly things, with the ability to use them at the right moment. Wisdom in the matters of the heart are then maybe the ability to use ones knowledge of these emotions at the right time and place provided that one is honest about these of course? Wisdom also relies on the choice you make , it can be wise to run away from things , it can be wise to meet them head on. But if a problem presents itself , you can turn it into a problem or a challenge. Every time I think I am closer to becoming a little wiser I discover a lot more things that are not that wise tho ...