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Full Idea
Wisdom is passionless. But faith by contrast is what Kierkegaard calls a passion.
Gist of Idea
While faith is a passion (as Kierkegaard says), wisdom is passionless
Source
Ludwig Wittgenstein (Culture and Value [1945], 53e)
Book Ref
Wittgenstein,Ludwig: 'Culture and Value', ed/tr. Winch,Peter [Chicago 1980], p.53
A Reaction
[Idea from SY] Personally I don't agree that wisdom is passionless. At the very least, Aristotle allows the wise person to be appropriately angry. [PG]
Related Ideas
Idea 7583 Faith is the highest passion in the sphere of human subjectivity [Kierkegaard]
Idea 5161 To make one's anger exactly appropriate to a situation is very difficult [Aristotle]
16010 | While faith is a passion (as Kierkegaard says), wisdom is passionless [Wittgenstein] |