Wisdom : Wise
In its minimalist sense, wisdom is simply the ability and inclination to make choices that stand the sense of time. To say that a choice was wise implies that the action or inaction was strategically correct when judged by some set of values. In this sense, if a decision was, in retrospect, very smart, it was wise.Another formulation along these lines is that wisdom is "Making the best use of available knowledge."
However, in a deeper sense, wisdom connotes an enlightened perspective and/or effective support for the long-term common good.
Insights and acts that are widely considered wise tend to
• arise from a broad (not narrow-minded) perspective,
• serve life in some broad or deep way (not just narrow self-interest)
• be grounded in but not limited by the past (experience, history, etc.) and the future (likely consequences)
• be informed by multiple forms of intelligence -- reason, intuition, heart, spirit, etc..
Because of its expanded perspective, wisdom is also often associated with humility, compassion[?], composure[?], humor, and a tolerance for dissonance, paradox, nuance[?], ambiguity, uncertainty, etc.
In its most universal and useful forms, wisdom tends to sense, work with and align people to the intrinsic wholeness and interconnectedness[?] of life.
As with all decisions, a wise decision is made from incomplete information. But in a wise decision the chooser possesses a sense of the way that situations usually turn out and, in its deeper forms, a desire for the outcome to be broadly beneficial.
Classically, wisdom is considered to come with age. In some religions, wisdom is considered a gift granted by God.
A wise person is often called a "sage."
See also
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goin'.'
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face; 'he bought the stuff, no doubt, as you have heard, and brought
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heart! He was his only son!--and he did not put it in the usual
that possessed him. But, with the same light in his eye, and with
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