Wisdom or Intelligence?

In the grand scheme of things, which is more beneficial? To society, to the individual, to the world? It would always be nice to have both, but which one do you see giving greater fulfillment for YOU?

Personally, I find that they each have their time and place. I prefer Intelligence, because I find it personally more reliable than Wisdom, but if I had my way I'd have them in roughly equal amounts and use them when they were called for.

I would take Wisdom...

A good question.

Wisdom is more important to me, though intelligence is very useful. Here's an example.

Intelligence brought us nuclear power. Our wisdom determines how to use it - to destroy or to provide electricity.

I agree with Steamboat. It depends on the situation.

Intelligence is adeptness in problem-solving and gaining factual information. It is "technical".

Wisdom is the ability of using the gained knowledge in making good decisions and guiding oneself through life. It also involves knowledge of one's own capacities and ethical sensitivity. It is "practical".

Or to put it as simply as I have understood it in the past: "Intelligence is the Text Book and wisdom is the answer in the back."

I agree with Ecthalion. Wisdom, to me, is the more important of the two. Although without knowledge there is little to be wise about. The two are very much related, along with a third principle.

From our doctrine on the three tenets:

Wisdom is the sound application of accrued knowledge and experience through patient, good judgment. Knowledge can be acquired by focusing on the task at hand. Focus is the art of pruning the irrelevant and pouring the best of your mind into what you are doing.

Wisdom

I haven't met many with wisdom I thought were unitelligent but have meet too many with intelligence with no wisdom.

Rickie The Grey wrote: Wisdom

I haven't met many with wisdom I thought were unitelligent but have meet too many with intelligence with no wisdom.

I would have to go with wisdom also. If people spent as much time cultivating wisdom as they did cultivating intelligence I think people on the whole would feel much more satisfied with themselves.

Akkarin wrote: If people spent as much time cultivating wisdom as they did cultivating intelligence I think people on the whole would feel much more satisfied with themselves.

Some of us are just fine being unsatisfied and striving for growth with no goal in sight. Intelligence is my choice for it begets goodness. Or, to put it in the more graceful words of the great A. S. Pushkin: "Genius and villainy are two incompatible things."

[quoteA. S. Pushkin: "Genius and villainy are two incompatible things][/quote]

I didn't recognize the guy so I looked him up. I got a few more quotes that i thought were interesting;

Faith and mathematical proofs are two incompatible things

Faith justifies everything. But very few things justify faith

Invisible, unknown and hidden things create faith and the strongest fears

Flattery is incompatible with loyalty

Interesting guy.