The idea is that each situation is uniquely singular, and that wisdom consists in not falling into the habit of treating a situation as a generality: "one of those situations" where "this is what one does". On this reading wisdom involves more creativity than habit. — Janus
There's some ethical element to it that isn't there with cleverness, intelligence etc. A sense of humility. Some kind of extra weight. — Baden
Psychologists tend to agree that wisdom involves an integration of knowledge, experience, and deep understanding that incorporates tolerance for the uncertainties of life as well as its ups and downs. There's an awareness of how things play out over time, and it confers a sense of balance. It can be acquired only through experience, but by itself, experience does not automatically confer wisdom.
Wise people generally share an optimism that life's problems can be solved and experience a certain amount of calm in facing difficult decisions. Intelligence—if only anyone could figure out exactly what it is—may be necessary for wisdom, but it definitely isn't sufficient; an ability to see the big picture, a sense of proportion, and considerable introspection also contribute to its development.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/wisdom
See, you've done the unwise thing and asked another what bullshit and self-hatred are. — Janus
Wisdom would be achieving the goal-achieving generality of knowing what can be tolerated or ignored as meaningless noise. — apokrisis
Probably we are not disagreeing; it might be just a matter of emphasis. — Janus
For me, wisdom consists in how the 'golden maxims' and "topspin backhands" are creatively used in particular circumstances, so I just don't characterize the habit itself as wisdom. — Janus
So, of course there is no creative freedom without a foundation of diligently acquired habit. Musicians and artists of all kinds exemplify this fact. — Janus
This can be inverted as knowing what particularities to pay attention to. And it's not as though we run through all the generalities saying "Not this, not this...".
But of course, this shows again that you are taking the mediated evolutionary perspective whereas I am taking the phenomenological view of immediate experience. — Janus
But phenomenologically, it is the unthinking practiced ease with which they can either ignore or create that is the deep characteristic. They don't have to try hard. — apokrisis
You will like this clip. It features several philosophers making exactly this point — Wayfarer
So you are talking about the phenomenology of cleverness, sure. But have you considered what the phenomenology of wisdom is actually like by contrast? — apokrisis
Learning skills and habits is how we come to be created as something more than the initial dumb blob of cells. — apokrisis
You seem to reading what I say through the lens of your own definitions. Wisdom for me does not consist in following rules but in having creative insight into uniqjely particular situations in different contexts. — Janus
And learning wisdom is how we come to be something more than an evolved hominid species. — Wayfarer
If only we could tread the transhuman path, we could all turn into happy angels living in eternal bliss and harmony. — apokrisis
I seem to remember reading somewhere in a secondary work on Heidegger that his concept of authenticity could be equated with Aristotle's conception of phronesis (practical wisdom) in that phronesis consists precisely in knowing what to do in particular situations.
The idea is that each situation is uniquely singular, and that wisdom consists in not falling into the habit of treating a situation as a generality: "one of those situations" where "this is what one does". On this reading wisdom involves more creativity than habit. — Janus
See, you've done the unwise thing and asked another what bullshit and self-hatred are. — Janus
There may be wisdom for you in hating yourself, I can only tell you about my experience. I have found no wisdom in hating myself, although obviously I needed to know what self-hatred is, since I have blindly hated myself, in order to know what to abstain from. — Janus
So, it has nothing much to do with "silence" but rather more to do with learning how to talk to yourself kindly and authentically (with your own voice, that is). — Janus
They’re not burdened by the requirement to make choices. See this. — Wayfarer
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