Wisdom

deals with the question of wisdom and how this leads to a virtuous life. As Socrates is explaining to Cebes some of his thoughts, he brings up his idea of the best kind of wisdom. Socrates says that this comes from reason alone, and is distanced as far as possible from the distractions of the body. According to Socrates, the things of this world: pleasures, pain, fear are all non valid things to exchange. Socrates says that the only valid thing to be exchanged is wisdom. Wisdom is of the…

worth nothing in regard to wisdom” and in a lot of Plato’s works he constantly shows his ignorance. Is Socrates claiming he is not the wisest but at the same time saying he is? No, because in the Apology he admits that he is the wisest man and goes on saying that others should also fall into his path of wisdom. He also makes clear that he is ignorant to what makes him wise “any wisdom great or small.” (Apology 21b) If the people of Athens were to strive towards wisdom, following Socrates was the…

The main argument of chapter three is that “conventional wisdom” is not always completely accurate. Conventional wisdom is meant to be convenient for the public and easy to understand even if it happens to be fabricated. For instance, it is conventional wisdom that women need to be especially careful nowadays because it is said that one in three women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime, even though “the actual figure is more like one in eight” (87). The authors use a variety of topics…

Athena, goddess of wisdom, was one of the only three Goddesses who would remain a virgin goddess, never marrying, nor falling to prey to love or the spells of Aphrodite, goddess of love. Romance is never featured in Athena’s mythology, and one could she say she’s the archetypal business woman. Now the way it all started for Athena, the manner in which she was born, was truly amazing. Zeus once laid with the woman Metis. However there was a prophecy that any child born from Metis would surpass…

The legal case that I will be covering is an older case named Cotnam v. Wisdom (1907). The case took place in 1907, and the situation at hand was that two physicians (F.L. Wisdom and another) had to perform emergency surgery on an individual (A.M. Harrison) who was in a critical state due to falling from a streetcar. The victim would end up staying in an unconscious state, and passed away. The administrator (T.T. Cotnam) of the deceased individual’s estate, and the physicians would get into a…

The wisdom method, is characterized by specialization. With specialization comes an intense knowledge of a limited area, this can be a country, region, culture, or specific job. In addition, specialization implies that the person is well versed in whatever they are a specialist in. In the wisdom method there are few cases, but many variables. This method is highly dependent on the quality of the analyst, therefore the reader must put their trust in that the analyst knows what they are talking…

where he receives wisdom from those around him, specifically from one women, Siduri. While Gilgamesh’s emotions and personality persuade him to underestimate a woman’s wisdom, he is faced with many more challenges that drive him to carrying out the wisdom told to him. Within…

The journey by which Siddhartha embarked upon gives adequate insight into what wisdom can truly be defined as. The struggles Siddhartha underwent led him to leave the groups in which he previously belonged to in order to pursue his primary goal of reaching Nirvana and being relieved of all suffering. Despite all the knowledge and Brahman teachings that were pumped into his brain, he was at a loss of what to do with that knowledge “…his mind was not contented, his soul was not tranquil, his heart…

Athena is the goddess of Wisdom among many other things. She is also the goddess of war, defense of towns, heroic endeavors, weaving pottery and other crafts (Atsma, 2011). Athena is a center point in a great deal of Greek myths, and plays character is much more. She is most often depicted in golden armor with shield and spear. Some myths even have her being born wearing that suit of armor. There are a few variations on the birth of Athena, but the most common is that Athena is the daughter of…

Wisdom Questions To discuss the wisdom questions, “wisdom” must first be explicitly defined. Wisdom instructs us how to use knowledge- the facts of this world that we understand- to create a better understanding of us and our world. To integrate our knowledge, the following essential questions, what we call “Wisdom Questions”, must be asked: “Who are we?”, “Why are we here?”, “Where do we come from?”, “What do we hope for?”, and “What do we owe one another?”. The answers to these questions are…