Wholeheartedly agree. (I’m certainly inexperienced in the area of philosophy. Love following and trying to learn from your content.) But wisdom, in my opinion, is useless and pointless, unless it is actually practiced. What good is it to have knowledge, if locked away in a tower and not applying it? I was struck by the same set of verses today, as I journal through one chapter of Proverbs daily. May we seek to apply our knowledge and guide others, like the wizards of great stories.
Great piece. I had been contemplating this very topic (not for a post, but just personally), and some things came up I thought I’d share here.
For me, wisdom comes with an understanding that one’s experience is contextual. This is why I agree with you on the idea that living in isolation is foolish.
However, at the same time, this thought invokes an important idea , which is that one has to adopt a stand rooted in humility. A humility that embraces the idea that there are way more unknowns than knowns.
What I think is that true wisdom comes when you are open to learning. When your mindset is not “I know”, but rather, “I want to know and understand “.
Now you can look at this in two ways: a reclusive type of way where the knowledge and learning comes from records (book) and tales. Or the type that explores and generates new knowledge.
Both types, act as conduits; gating knowledge and placing it in present day contexts.
I like this. There's a distinction between wisdom being for the sake of another good and wisdom being helpful to attain other goods. It seems like wisdom is good of itself; Thales wouldn't have failed to be wise, for example, if he never got rich off of olives. Nor would his wisdom have been useless.
But wisdom is also capable of making you highly successful in other ways, too, so I guess you could say that it is accidentally, rather than essentially, practically helpful.
Wisdom and knowledge are a liability in a world which will righteously burn you for it. What use is reading the seasons if your harvest will simply be taken from you by those who have squandered theirs? Is it not wise just to drink the Kool Aid? Unless... of course you seek things far deeper than practicalities concerning material stuff.
Wholeheartedly agree. (I’m certainly inexperienced in the area of philosophy. Love following and trying to learn from your content.) But wisdom, in my opinion, is useless and pointless, unless it is actually practiced. What good is it to have knowledge, if locked away in a tower and not applying it? I was struck by the same set of verses today, as I journal through one chapter of Proverbs daily. May we seek to apply our knowledge and guide others, like the wizards of great stories.
Amen! I read Proverbs based on the date too 💪💪
Maybe your definition isn’t perfect, but it seems fitting.
🙌🤝
Great piece. I had been contemplating this very topic (not for a post, but just personally), and some things came up I thought I’d share here.
For me, wisdom comes with an understanding that one’s experience is contextual. This is why I agree with you on the idea that living in isolation is foolish.
However, at the same time, this thought invokes an important idea , which is that one has to adopt a stand rooted in humility. A humility that embraces the idea that there are way more unknowns than knowns.
What I think is that true wisdom comes when you are open to learning. When your mindset is not “I know”, but rather, “I want to know and understand “.
Now you can look at this in two ways: a reclusive type of way where the knowledge and learning comes from records (book) and tales. Or the type that explores and generates new knowledge.
Both types, act as conduits; gating knowledge and placing it in present day contexts.
End of ramble
I like this. There's a distinction between wisdom being for the sake of another good and wisdom being helpful to attain other goods. It seems like wisdom is good of itself; Thales wouldn't have failed to be wise, for example, if he never got rich off of olives. Nor would his wisdom have been useless.
But wisdom is also capable of making you highly successful in other ways, too, so I guess you could say that it is accidentally, rather than essentially, practically helpful.
Wisdom and knowledge are a liability in a world which will righteously burn you for it. What use is reading the seasons if your harvest will simply be taken from you by those who have squandered theirs? Is it not wise just to drink the Kool Aid? Unless... of course you seek things far deeper than practicalities concerning material stuff.