You're true colors come out! You're no-one, and yet, you're oh so crucial to the existence of this forum.
Per the debate at hand about wisdom, fuck off.
Per the existence of this forum itself, thank you.
Now, what do you think about wisdom? Give me something new. — Noble Dust
You must be a fan of Hegel then. Because that dialects in a nutshell. Heh. — Posty McPostface
I'm young and hairless, so let me try. — Noble Dust
Cancer destroying what? — Noble Dust
Idealism opposing what? — Noble Dust
To what end? — Noble Dust
Man and woman I suppose. — Posty McPostface
Wisdom is either being clever enough to learn from other mistakes or knowing not to make a mistake twice after learning from it once. — SherlockH
the youth pastor took to me the most because I was passive and hungry to learn — Noble Dust
In reality, all I want to ask is: "What is wisdom?" — Noble Dust
The world told me it was well aware of the deficiencies of these learned fools, and would be sending its cosmic thugs to waylay them at some unexpected moment. — Bitter Crank
Where is your evidence that on the whole habit is that which fails to work? — apokrisis
So habit cannot be equated with wisdom; or, in other words, there are both wise and unwise habits. — Janus
Yeah, so unless Noble is suddenly a woman, I stand by my initial remark. :brow: — TimeLine
I said wisdom is habit because it has that same essential character of being unthinkingly general. — apokrisis
In a nutshell?
Do your best to abstain from bullshit and self-hatred, and from asking others what those are. — Janus
Cleverness is an idea that could work. Wisdom is a habit that does work.
That is why the old are wise. They have had the time to develop robust habits of thought.
It is also why the old eventually break down. They get so well-adapted to a familiar way of life that they lose the capacity to adapt to the crazy new ways of living that clever folk are apt to invent. :) — apokrisis
But wisdom is something more than effective repetition as it requires the element of judgement. — Wayfarer
But even there, it is assumed that the listener is able to take such advice on board and choose which habits to cultivate, and which to avoid, which is where wisdom really comes into it. — Wayfarer
Don't you mean an end to judgement? Once you have the answer, then you are wise. If you still need to judge, you at best only have a clever idea and are still seeking the kind of proof that life delivers. — apokrisis
Don't you mean an end to judgement? Once you have the answer, then you are wise. If you still need to judge, you at best only have a clever idea and are still seeking the kind of proof that life delivers. — apokrisis
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