3: Opinion vs Truth: Wisdom and Truth Through Philosophy Flashcards
the ability to think and act using knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense and insight.
wisdom or sapience
refers to practical knowledge, or the seeking of knowledge to apply to the given circumstance such as an understanding of people, objects, events, situations, and the willingness as well as the ability to apply perception, judgment, and action in keeping with the understanding of what is the optimal course of action.
Phronesis
refers to “transcendent wisdom” or the “ultimate nature of reality.”
Sophia
defined wisdom as “the right use of knowledge.”
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
defined the “attitude of wisdom” as “acting with knowledge while doubting what one knows”. In the psychological literature however the construct of wisdom does not have a commonly accepted definition.
Robert I. Sutton and Andrew Hargadon
considered wisdom to be an important virtue, personified as the goddesses Metis and Athena.
ancient Greeks
defined wisdom as the understanding of causes, i.e. knowing why things are a certain way, which is deeper than merely knowing that things are a certain way.
Aristotle, Metaphysics
also valued wisdom. It was personified in Minerva, or Pallas.
ancient Romans
argued that there is both secular and divine wisdom, urging Christians to pursue the latter.
Paul the Apostle, in his first epistle to the Corinthians
intimately related to wisdom, became one of the four cardinal virtues of Catholicism.
Prudence
represents the personification or god of wisdom in the traditional mythology adhered to in Ancient Egypt.
Sia
primarily focuses on wisdom, and was primarily written by one of the wisest kings according to Jewish history, King Solomon.
book of Proverbs
It reiterates Proverbs message of wisdom coming from God by stating, “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.”
The book of James
According to Confucius (551-479 BCE), one can learn wisdom by three methods:
reflection (the noblest)
imitation (the easiest)
experience (the bitterest)
“Love of learning is akin to wisdom. To practice with vigor is akin to humanity. To know to be shameful is akin to courage
Doctrine of the Mean
