What is the best attribute?
Wisdom, knowledge or intelligence?
tonyted Sun 04/05/08 01:46
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The ability to tell the difference between the three.
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Question Author
And, you can only be between two,
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Of the three - wisdom. You can be knowledgeable or very intelligent, but it doesn't necessarily mean that you're wise.
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Oh. : (
Well that's my opinion, anyway.
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Look up the definitions of each attribute.
It surprised me when I read them.
I would have agreed with you, Ice Maiden.
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Are you going to tell me, to save me the laborious job at this time of the day.....pretty please?
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I would have said wisdom also....!
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Well, it's intelligence, because it requires the other two.
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Eliminate intelligence and knowledge. They are too vague.
If you can reel off endless facts, general knowledge etc., and win quiz games; are you intelligent? No, just full of trivia. Knowledgeable? Yes, but to what end?
But ... if you can consider a question, and give a perceptive solution, then you may be wise. Consider Solomon and the disputed baby, for instance ... wisdom.
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That's a superb example, winebuyer!
Yes, and I think that if you're wise, you can use whatever intelligence and knowledge to its best advantage.
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Hey, thanks IceM.
I feel all ... flushed !!!
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To be intelligent you have to know a lot from all directions and know how to apply that knowledge to the best advantage.
You can't be wise about something that you have never heard of .
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Bog-standard common sense, that's all!!
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Yes you can, because you can apply your experience and (wisdom) to a variety of new situations.
Okay ... let's assume knowledge is out of the contest. if I learn all the entries in the phone book, I have vast knowledge, but it's pointless. So ... it's down to a head-to-head between Wisdom and Intelligence.
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Just nipping off to pop a bit of "knowledge" in the Food And Drink section ...
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Solomon wasn't wise....he was intelligent.
Think about it.
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So "The Wisdom Of Solomon" has been the longest running misnomer in history???
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I think maybe he had a degree of both, but the example with the baby, definitely shows great wisdom.
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