WISDOM
<p>Jan 28, 2011 07:09 PM
This topic largely deals with <b>WISDOM formally and metawisdom</b> (statements characterizing wisdom itself)
It also includes<b> GREAT WISDOM</b>: broadly applicable, ancient important teachings (also see individual religions)
Also see the closely related section: <b> Life Lessons Homily Morals Platitudes Practical Advice</b>
<b>for SMALL WISDOM</b></p>
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Dec 4, 2007 7:35 PM</p>
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An interesting thought - where does WISDOM go in the hierarchy:
obviously it associates with philosophy, ancient wisdom, religion, spirit psychology,
psychology, sociology, ecology, positive psychology, values - it could be hooked to any of these items,
but it is so central to me that I have given it its own category.</p>
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Interestingly - it invariably has POSITIVE VALENCE; what Machiavelli does or Hitler or Stalin (the evil geniuses)
no one refers to as wisdom - it certainly is intelligence but with such a foul aim (self aggrandizement, self-centered, - wholesale disrregard of the welfare of others -
the opposite of the greatest good for the greatest number) that it flies in the face of wisdom.</p>
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I am motivated to create this link tonite by my unearthing Jerry Michalski's collection of wisdom.
Jerry's credo: OPEN, TRUST - shared.</p>
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from Sheldon Brown (sheldonbrown.com) Revisionist Theory of Bicycle Sizing</p>
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<td><i>To stay young requires unceasing cultivation</i></td>
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<td align="middle"><i>of the ability to unlearn old falsehoods.</i></td>
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<td align="right">--Robert A. Heinlein</td>
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