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Single Idea 23064
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated
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Full Idea
What is known as 'wisdom' is ultimately only a perpetual 'thinking it over', i.e. non-action as first impulse.
Gist of Idea
So-called wisdom is just pondering things instead of acting
Source
E.M. Cioran (The Trouble with Being Born [1973], 01)
Book Ref
Cioran,E.M.: 'The Trouble with Being Born', ed/tr. Richard Howard [Penguin 2012], p.16
A Reaction
This may be how most people view wisdom. Wisdom is for the spectators, not the actors (perhaps). Wisdom needs a lot of thought, and I don't associate it with extremely active people.
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Our life is the creation of our mind
[Anon (Dham)]
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In much wisdom is much grief
[Anon (Ecc)]
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No wise man has yet been discovered
[Stoic school, by Cicero]
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No wisdom could make us comfortably walk a wide beam if it was high in the air
[Montaigne]
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Seek wisdom rather than truth; it is easier
[Joubert]
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'Wisdom' attempts to get beyond perspectives, making it hostile to life
[Nietzsche]
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Suffering is the meaning of existence
[Nietzsche]
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But what is the reasoning of the body, that it requires the wisdom you seek?
[Nietzsche]
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Wisdom is just the last gasp of a dying civilization
[Cioran]
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So-called wisdom is just pondering things instead of acting
[Cioran]
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Inspiration and social improvement need wisdom, but not professional philosophy
[Quine]
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Life will be lived better if it has no meaning
[Camus]
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There is more insight in fundamental perplexity about problems than in their supposed solutions
[Nagel]
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Because of Darwin, wisdom as a definite attainable state has faded
[Watson]
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The devil was wise as an angel, and lost no knowledge when he rebelled
[Whitcomb]
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