24 Mar 2011, 5:46 am
something i've wanted to ask of WP's patrons for some time.
i'd rather this stayed in random discussion for now as i think PPR posters might take it 'too seriously'..
that said, this is a serious question, posted with the aim of encouraging an interesting discussion.
there is no right answer, but methinks there are some wrong ones.. ie 'wisdom is understanding we live in a fallen world and that only prayer will save our souls' this is a dogmatic belief and simply will not do 
**what is 'wisdom' (in your opinion)? a compassionate, somewhat ethical intelligence? pure logic? or something else entirely..?**edited this in to give some very basic ideas**
well, there it is. discuss, enjoy and be nice 
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24 Mar 2011, 7:10 am
thanks leejosepho.
i like 'understanding things we know' especially, that idea seems far too often overlooked.
24 Mar 2011, 7:21 am
24 Mar 2011, 7:27 am
i don't get it..
maybe God had forbidden wisdom? thanks for joining in though.
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24 Mar 2011, 7:31 am
i don't get it..
maybe God had forbidden wisdom?The "forbidden fruit" there was a certain bit of knowledge soon to be discovered dangerous apart from wisdom.
24 Mar 2011, 7:43 am
i don't get it..
maybe God had forbidden wisdom?The "forbidden fruit" there was a certain bit of knowledge soon to be discovered dangerous apart from wisdom.
Like how many ribs you need to remove for felatio purposes
24 Mar 2011, 9:25 am
i'd rather this stayed in random discussion for now as i think PPR posters might take it 'too seriously'..
that said, this is a serious question, posted with the aim of encouraging an interesting discussion.
**what is 'wisdom' (in your opinion)? a compassionate, somewhat ethical intelligence? pure logic? or something else entirely..?**edited this in to give some very basic ideas**
well, there it is. discuss, enjoy and be nice
Wisdom: *Active intelligence* or personal actions; the extension of ourselves; but utilized within the context of morality.
Existence endows each person to gauge their present actions against experience to act for the better or not, for "all."
Intelligence alone is a innate cognitive property in the possession of all ( more or less)-- it is the correlation of knowledge or experience. Wisdom is a distilling down of this experience to do what is better, displaying this 'in what we do.'
I was thinking of the Nazis in Germany; all at the top had superior intelligence ( as tested), but clever thinking is only a cognitive process; they did what was utterly immoral. Their actions deemed them unwise, but not due to the immediate outcome; this would have folded in time due to a faulty underpinning; its tenets stemmed from a lack of knowledge.
My 1 cent, fudo.
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24 Mar 2011, 9:27 am
hi.. i think wisdom for me is both the internal and external application of profound knowledge or even just plain knowledge one has acquired; something like that. in the simplest way i could put it; its like you know something, you understand it and set yourself in accord with it (internally) and you know what to do about it or you know how to do it when a situation rises where such knowledge from you is needed.
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24 Mar 2011, 9:33 am
24 Mar 2011, 9:36 am
I'm sure I have no idea. I'll let you know whenever I get some. 
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24 Mar 2011, 9:40 am
24 Mar 2011, 9:43 am
emlion are you okay? *hugs
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24 Mar 2011, 9:47 am
erm? you ok Em?
anyways, thanks everyone for sharing your opinions
some wise words already, keep 'em coming.
24 Mar 2011, 9:51 am
emlion are you okay? *hugs
yes indeedy.
it reminded me of the song 'what is love?'
they're just the lyrics. ^.^
lol okay.. nice photo btw..
always pretty..
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