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Single Idea 291

[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated ]

Full Idea

Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age.

Clarification

'Wisdom' is the Greek word 'sophia'

Gist of Idea

Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age

Source

Plato (Laches [c.381 BCE], 188b)

Book Ref

Plato: 'Early Socratic Dialogues', ed/tr. Saunders,Trevor J [Penguin 1987], p.96

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A Reaction

I have taught teenagers who seemed to me wiser than nearly all the adults I have ever met.