Wisdom

Luca Giordano: The Dream of Solomon: God promises Solomon wisdom
Solomon's Wisdom, 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld

Wisdom (sapience, sagacity) is the act of using one's depth and breadth of knowledge and experience to do good by oneself and others.[1][2][3][4] Wisdom is the interpretating and understanding of knowledge that leads to greater insight (e.g., common sense).[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Wisdom". Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge Dictionary. 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024. the ability to use your knowledge and experience to make good decisions and judgments[.]
  2. ^ "Wisdom". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford English Dictionary. July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2024. judging rightly in matters relating to life and conduct; soundness of judgement in the choice of means and ends; sometimes, less strictly, sound sense [...] Personified (almost always as feminine) [...] Knowledge (esp. of a high or abstruse kind); enlightenment, learning, erudition
  3. ^ "Wise". Dictionary.com. 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024. power of discerning and judging [...] what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion [...] judicious or prudent [...] learned; erudite [...] informed[.]
  4. ^ "Wise". Merriam Webster. Merriam Webster. 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024. deep understanding, keen discernment, and a capacity for sound judgment [...] Prudent [...] Knowing [...] Crafty, Shrewd [...] Insolent[.]
  5. ^ Kekes, John (1983). "Wisdom". American Philosophical Quarterly. 20 (3): 277–86. Retrieved 18 July 2024. In descriptive knowledge one knows facts; in interpretive knowledge one knows the significance of the descriptively known facts.
  6. ^ Phillips, D. Z. (1969). "Wisdom's Gods". The Philosophical Quarterly. 19 (74): 15–32. doi:10.2307/2218185. Retrieved 21 July 2024. Wisdom is saying, then, that although in one sense all the facts may be known, in another sense questions involving a greater apprehension of the facts may remain.
  7. ^ Ardelt, Monika (2004). "Wisdom as Expert Knowledge System: A Critical Review of a Contemporary Operationalization of an Ancient Concept". Human Development. 47 (5): 257–85. JSTOR 26763810. Retrieved 23 July 2024. Intellectual or theoretical knowledge is knowledge that is understood only at the intellectual level, whereas wisdom is understood at the experiential level.

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