Wisdom

What is wisdom? I'd say it's knowing what to do in a lot of situations. I'm not trying to make a deep point here about the true nature of wisdom, just to figure out how we use the word. A wise person is someone who usually knows the right thing to do.

Is It Worth Being Wise?

simon

The essence of wisdom is to act in harmony with nature.

Osho • Creativity: Unleashing the Forces Within (Osho Insights for a New Way of Living)

simon

What’s the Use of Hope?

Kieran Setiya newstatesman.com

Keely Adler

Faith Hahn

You Can't Reach the Brain Through the Ears

Adam Mastroianni experimental-history.com

Stuart Evans

The Philosopher Who Believes in Living Things

Morgan Meis newyorker.com

Keely Adler

Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

Alara

A simpler, more elegant definition, still compatible with Grossmann’s, comes from Tom Morgan of LE:

“Know what to do, and when.”

I love parsimonious definitions, which is why I favour Tom’s over the academic ones.

Peter Limberg • High Agency to Wise Agency

Stuart Evans

slope_vs_starting.md

Professor John Ousterhout gist.github.com

Keely Adler