Wisdom is the ability to use your experience and knowledge in order to make sensible decisions or judgments. the patience and wisdom that comes from old age. a great man, who spoke words of great wisdom
the highest of Paramitas; the virtue of wisdom as the principal means of attaining Nirvana It connotes a knowledge of the illusory character of everything earthly, and destroys error, ignorance, prejudice and heresy
Wisdom is the store of knowledge that a society or culture has collected over a long period of time. this church's original Semitic wisdom, religion and faith
the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight the quality of being prudent and sensible ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
A personification of the divine attribute of creative intelligence, pictured in the form of a gracious woman (Yahweh's daughter) who mediates between God and humanity (Prov 1: 20-33; 8: 1-31; 9: 1-6; Ecclus 24; etc ) This Hebrew concept of Wisdom merges with the Greek philosophic doctrine of the heavenly Logos in John's Gospel (John 1: 1-18) and Colossians (1-2)
Knowledge known by human beings and integrated into their nonconscious information systems This definition is different from what we would normally find in a more traditional, philosophical context There we might define "wisdom" as something like "really important knowledge" or "ability to apply knowledge to important affairs of human life"
The gift of Wisdom is the special ability God gives to certain members of the body of Christ to discover, gather and clarify information and ideas and to be spiritually guided in determining how given knowledge may be best applied to specific needs (see 1 Corinthians 2: 1-13, 1 Corinthians 12: 8, 2 Corinthians 11: 6, Acts 6: 3,10, James 1: 5-6, 2 Peter 3: 15)
The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity
the highest of Paramita; the virtue of wisdom as the principal means of attaining Nirvana It connotes a knowledge of the illusory character of everything earthly, and destroys error, ignorance, prejudice and heresy
A virtuous, intelligent mind that makes its primary mind realize its object thoroughly A wisdom is a spiritual path that functions to release our mind from delusions or their imprints An example of wisdom is the correct view of emptiness See Understanding the Mind
the tradition of human learning, handed down from teacher to pupil and from parent to child Wisdom relied on seeing recurring patterns in human behavior and in moral consequences of action, and in presenting these in a memorable form, usually a (Atasözü) Wisdom Literature: the collection of wisdom writings in the Bible, consisting of the books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Wisdom, and Sirach, and including parts of Job and Psalms as well
You can use wisdom to refer to ideas that are accepted by a large number of people. Health education wisdom in the UK differs from that of the United States Unchallenged wisdoms flow swiftly among the middle classes. The conventional wisdom about something is the generally accepted view of it. the conventional wisdom that soccer is a minor sport in America
The ability to apply spiritual truth to a specific issue in an especially relevant fashion, and to make proper choices in difficult situations, based on sufficient information Acts 6: 3,10, I Corinthians 2: 1-13, I Corinthians 12: 8, James 1: 5, II Peter 3: 15
The state of being Wise These are the people who seek to sell you inherently underperforming investments, hobbled even further by heavy charges See Independent Financial Adviser, Tied Agent, Endowments and Foolishness
Accumulated knowledge, gained through a combination of academic study and personal experience, that goes beyond knowledge by representing broader, more generalized rules and schemas for understanding a specific domain or domains; wisdom allows you to understand howo apply concepts from one domain to new situations or problems
If you talk about the wisdom of a particular decision or action, you are talking about how sensible it is. Many Lithuanians have expressed doubts about the wisdom of the decision