November 2010
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Who is wise?
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy in its article on wisdom, after summarizing the main views there are about wisdom, concludes with a rigorous definition of what it means for someone to be wise. Someone is wise if and only if he/she:
1. Has extensive factual and theoretical knowledge.
2. Knows how to live well.
3. Is successful at living well.
4. Has very few unjustified beliefs.
As...
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“Wisdom is an understanding of what is important, where this understanding...”
– Robert Nozick, The Examined Life: Philosophical Meditations, p. 267-9, Simon & Schuster, 1990.
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“He who has little communication with people is seldom a misanthrope. True...”
– Giacomo Leopardi, Thoughts, 1837, section 89, Hesperus Press Limited, 2002.