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Single Idea 19336
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
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Full Idea
The wiser one is, the more one is determined to do that which is most perfect.
Gist of Idea
Wisdom involves the desire to achieve perfection
Source
Gottfried Leibniz (On the Ultimate Origination of Things [1697], p.151)
Book Ref
Leibniz,Gottfried: 'Philosophical Essays', ed/tr. Arlew,R /Garber,D [Hackett 1989], p.151
A Reaction
Debatable. 'Perfectionism' is a well-known vice in many areas of life. Life is short, and the demands on us are many. Skilled shortcuts and compromises are one hallmark of genius, and presumably also of wisdom.
The
37 ideas
with the same theme
[defining and explaining the nature of true wisdom]:
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5896
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Speak the truth, for this alone deifies man
[Pythagoras, by Porphyry]
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7990
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Serene wisdom is freedom from ties, and indifference to fortune
[Anon (Bhag)]
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13786
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Wisdom is called 'beautiful', because it performs fine works
[Plato]
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1922
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Spiritual qualities only become advantageous with the growth of wisdom
[Plato]
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354
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Wisdom makes virtue and true goodness possible
[Plato]
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14179
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The finest branch of wisdom is justice and moderation in ordering states and families
[Plato]
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23890
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For Plato true wisdom is supernatural
[Plato, by Weil]
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78
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Wisdom is scientific and intuitive knowledge of what is by nature most precious
[Aristotle]
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5248
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Wisdom does not study happiness, because it is not concerned with processes
[Aristotle]
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548
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Knowledge chosen for its own sake, rather than for results, is wisdom
[Aristotle]
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11228
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Wisdom seeks explanations, causes, and reasons why things are as they are
[Aristotle, by Politis]
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19693
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There is practical wisdom (for action), and theoretical wisdom (for deep understanding)
[Aristotle, by Whitcomb]
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7278
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Words of wisdom are precise and clear
[Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]
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9199
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Wisdom for one instant is as good as wisdom for eternity
[Chrysippus]
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21405
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Cicero sees wisdom in terms of knowledge, but earlier Stoics saw it as moral
[Cicero, by Long]
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13310
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Wisdom does not lie in books, and unread people can also become wise
[Seneca]
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7911
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Theory vanishes when one has obtained wisdom
[Rahulabhadra]
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21875
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The wisdom of a free man is a meditation on life, not on death
[Spinoza]
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17230
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If we are not wholly wise, we should live by good rules and maxims
[Spinoza]
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19396
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Wisdom is knowing all of the sciences, and their application
[Leibniz]
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19336
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Wisdom involves the desire to achieve perfection
[Leibniz]
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12926
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Wisdom is the science of happiness
[Leibniz]
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5540
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Cleverness is shown in knowing what can reasonably be asked
[Kant]
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21422
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Moral self-knowledge is the beginning of all human wisdom
[Kant]
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6200
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Wisdom is knowing the highest good, and conforming the will to it
[Kant]
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21979
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Wisdom emerges at the end of a process
[Hegel]
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14857
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The highest wisdom has the guise of simplicity
[Nietzsche]
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14888
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Wisdom prevents us from being ruled by the moment
[Nietzsche]
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22659
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It is wisdom to believe what you desire, because belief is needed to achieve it
[James]
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21584
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A sense of timelessness is essential to wisdom
[Russell]
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22496
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Wisdom only implies the knowledge achievable in any normal lifetime
[Foot]
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22396
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We take courage, temperance, wisdom and justice as moral, but Aristotle takes wisdom as intellectual
[Foot]
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7623
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For ancient Greeks being wise was an ethical value
[Putnam]
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23948
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Wisdom needs both thought and passion, with each reflecting on the other
[Solomon]
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5333
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Philosophy needs wisdom about who we are, as well as how we ought to be
[Flanagan]
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19735
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Wisdom has a higher value than understanding, which has a higher value than knowledge
[Greco]
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20186
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Unlike knowledge, wisdom cannot be misused
[Zagzebski]
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