Socratic Wisdom In the Apology‚ the oracle at Delphi stated that Socrates was the wisest man of his time (Plato 21a). Socrates‚ however‚ “[was] very conscious that [he was] not wise at all”‚ which would not make him the wisest man of his time (21b). Certainly‚ not both the oracle and Socrates could be simultaneously correct in their individual beliefs; thus‚ the oracle and Socrates must have had differing definitions of wisdom. What‚ then‚ is wisdom? Many people believe wisdom denotes having
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Name: John Shisler Course and Section Number: BIBL 105-D23 Hebrew Wisdom on Diligence and Laziness Going through the Wisdom Books of the Old Testament‚ diligence and laziness are a common theme. It is shown many different ways which is viewed more positively and which is looked down upon. Diligence and laziness may be slightly intertwined‚ but they are also completely separate ideas. The books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes provide much of the understanding to be gained from the Bible on all four
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Elizabeth Pisani’s The Wisdom of Whores - Bureaucrats‚ Brothels and the Business of AIDS is a great book (along with a great website). Elizabeth Pisani is an epidemiologist with years of experience working on HIV/AIDS (or sex and drugs‚ as she puts‚ which sounds a lot‚ well‚ sexier) at a variety of agencies‚ including UNAIDS. The book is the story of her frustrations at the way the international community‚ national governments‚ NGOS and AIDS activists have dealt with the epidemics‚ as well as her
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Reflecting On Wisdom Denisa Rudnicky 5/31/2015 PSY/220 Michelle Culmer Reflecting On Wisdom Wisdom can be described in many different ways. Wisdom is commonly looked at as a general intellect that involves the use of knowledge and the development of this knowledge. A person who others consider to be wise is one who looks at things in the proper perspective and is able to council others on life’s daily curve balls. Throughout life there may be choices that could have been made
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Reflecting On Wisdom Geni Mayes PSY/220 September 2‚ 2012 Tanya Harrell Reflecting On Wisdom “Wisdom is a deep understanding and realization of people‚ things‚ events or situations‚ resulting in the ability to apply perceptions‚ judgments and actions in keeping with this understanding” (Wikipedia‚ 2012). Wisdom personifies a particular kind of knowledge‚ intelligence‚ and judgment concentrated on the behavior of an honorable life. Wise people have cultured life’s most important teachings
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Journal Entry #3 Wisdom and Folly CMCL 301 (Condensed Journal Entries) Colton O’Reilly 10060253 Oct 25th 2013 (Condensed journal entries - they must be single spaced‚ 12 pt.‚ Times New Roman‚ and around half a page. You must do a minimum of 3 out of the 8 readings for this pillar. For these shortened entries‚ please answer the top three questions‚ and one of the personal response questions. ) Plato (Republic) Colton O’Reilly 10060253 Nov 8th 2013
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Pranav Shah Ms. Metcalf April 23‚ 2013 Wisdom: The Path of a Young Man Wisdom is applied knowledge. Someone who is wise uses the knowledge taught to them by their mentors and discovers new pieces of knowledge. Throughout this unit‚ my definition of wisdom has not changed‚ but instead‚ has expanded. At first‚ I thought wisdom only had to do with interactions with other people and common sense‚ but I learned that it also had to do with spiritual things. Section 1: Wise ways of the world Okonkwo is
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Wisdom isn’t bound to specific authorities or contained within political boundaries. The Egyptian Instruction of Amenemope shares a section with the Hebrew Book of Proverbs. Hippocrates’ Aphorisms was probably studied at the Academy of Gondishapur in Persia in the sixth and seventh centuries. The wisdom shared in most of these texts share some similarities. As it can be observed in the above given excerpt‚ humility and honesty are morals which even the Bhagavad Gita denotes. Wisdom is not bound
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The Smartest People May Not be as Smart as a Crowd‚ but Who can Find a Smart Crowd? In The Wisdom of Crowds‚ author James Surowiecki contends that the “smartest people” are often not as smart as a group of individuals formed under the right circumstances (XIII). Surowiecki backs up his claim by giving numerous real life examples of crowds that meet the criteria of having diversity of opinion‚ independence‚ decentralization and aggregation‚ and have proven to be smarter than almost any one individual
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CHAPER TWO YUDHISTHIRA’S WISDOM LITERAL COMPREHANSION While running after a deer in the forest‚ the pandava brothers became thirsty. It was hot and they were tired. Then yudhisthira sent sahadev‚ one of his brothers to look for water. When he did not return‚ he sends the other three brothers one at a time. When none of them returned he himself went to look for them. He saw them lying on the ground near a pool. They were either dead or unconscious. Yudhisthira did not no that they had ignored
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