Knowledge and wisdom...

in Deep Dives4 years ago (edited)

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They are two concepts that undoubtedly share the same root but do not necessarily converge in the same sense. I wonder, can one be wise without knowledge? or vice versa, can one be knowledgeable without wisdom? At first glance, it seems somewhat tangled, and in fact, I am somewhat confused but willing to wander with the help of the means available on the net, knowingly taking only a few strokes in the depth of the matter.

In the past you had to go to libraries to consult specialized books in search of clearing up doubts, over time, little by little collaborative knowledge was gaining strength on the internet until it displaced the authority of the academic and professional unions manifested in the editorials. The push was such that inevitably these unions and publishers today also participate in new ways of spreading knowledge.

I do not want to digress extensively, but when I made a brief review of the term knowledge in Wikipedia both in Spanish (my mother tongue) and in English. Curiously, the collaborative authors spread unevenly, that is, each group (in Spanish and English) deepened the topic based on the available means. So I think I intend to put on a straitjacket.


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Of course, in these times nobody is the owner of the absolute truth, this premise has been the engine for the constant advance of science in our civilization, progress on half-truths, which change when new paradigms or forms of see reality, well that's what I understood from Thomas Kuhn.

There is a branch of philosophy (love of knowledge) that studies knowledge called epistemology. If this is so, I have a clue to answer the initial questions. Under the premise that Knowledge encompasses knowledge, at least in consensus within the academic field. Therefore, being wise necessarily implies knowing, but someone can be very knowledgeable and not be wise.

It's not as complicated as it sounds when you consider how knowledge is used. Of course, here another very important aspect arises that involves the moral dimension, that is, the choice between good and bad. I wonder, what good is purposeless knowledge?

How many wise men do you know? I think none, although I have read about some, perhaps the most famous is King Solomon. Someone will say, it is not worth it ... it is a story of religious origin with religious purposes, a fiction in itself. Furthermore, science must be separated from religion to be objective in a secular setting. However, for me, it is not without value, the story of Solomon when judging the consequences of his actions that led to the division of the kingdom inherited from his father King David. Historical or fiction, it is a topic for the discussion of scholars, the important thing is that it leaves us a lesson about the relationship between knowledge, wisdom, and the irrational behavior of human beings.

They can criticize freely, in any case, we are rambling, and the truth is so elusive ...


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Thoughts by @janaveda

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