How can you be a wise man if you are not wise? 23 Articles

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by Soni Cido

The question should really be: "How can you be wiser, if you are not wise enough?" Everyone holds within themselves a certain amount of wisdom. Wisdom, is simply: 'the application of knowledge'. A person can be very kno...read more

by Rob Bryant

The wise man is one who seeks wisdom and therefore is not yet wise. Wisdom is a process, not an end. The more knowledge one gains, the more aware you become of how much you do not know. Wisdom is a way of addressing the...read more

by Alexander Grayer

REFLECTIONS ON THE QUEST FOR WISDOM The concept of wisdom has been a very important object of discourse throughout much of human history, and it has been the subject of the ponderings of the world's greatest intellects ...read more

by rogerallen

WISDOM AND EXPERIENCE, ARE THEY RELATED? Plato thought that wisdom was knowledge and that knowledge was virtue. Socrates claimed not to be wise until his friend Chairephon went to the oracle of Apollo, the god of prophe...read more

by Matthew Ryan

In order to answer this question, we must first ask what it is to be considered a wise man. When we think of wise men we usually think of the sages of antiquity like Socrates and Confucious-one a Western philosopher, one ...read more

by Peter Leon

The true wise man's wisdom lies in the fact that he knows he is not wise at all. He knows he is no better than anyone else. He just has the ability to detach himself from subject so that he can analyze it and form a mean...read more

by Micheal C. Scott

The question to the answer The true answer to this ethical question is whether or not a man or woman for that matter knows their limits. Wisdom can be misunderstood for having a strong understanding of one's self. If a ...read more

by William Vanderburgh

[Aside: Can we please have some article thread titles in the Philosophy section that make sense? So many of the titles are either nonsensical (like this one) or "grammatically challenged". And don't get me started on the...read more

by Allan Clark

Wisdom is experience. That is why we say the old are wise, not because old age suddenly creates wisdom but because the person has a lifetime of experience. The more things we experience in life the more wisdom we gai...read more

by Leo d'Salle

The question is more: 'What is wisdom?', and, when the latter has been satisfied, one has to consider whether there are various degrees or levels of wisdom. In addition to the aforementioned, one would have to take into ac...read more

by Raymond Alexander Kukkee

" To Be or NOT to Be " The ultimate, timeless questions of the advocates of wisdom and protracted thought, addressed by ancient philosophers of Greece and likely the older civilizations of the far East surely m...read more

by Saron Maramo

Wisdom is knowing how and when to apply knowledge. We may know and understand many things but we are foolish and blunderous if we allow that information to escape us in an inopportune moment or do not recognise the moment ...read more

by Ezekiel Owulo

By following this tested principles, you will be wise now. 1. Asking questions and comparing thier answers will always broaden your knowledge. Be studious. 2. Do all you can to understand human nature in its variety. T...read more

by Andy Allen Anderson

Wisdom is the functional ability of an individual with the knowledge that he/she possesses. It is not the amount of knowledge you possess. It is not the level of knowledge you possess. It is not how much more knowledge you...read more

by Cheryl Brand

I think the questions should be "Can you be a wise man if you DO NOT KNOW that you are wise! At least that is a question that I at least can attempt to answer. If you have to ask the more brief version of can you be a wis...read more

by Richie Caldicott

How can you be a wise man if you are not wise? How can you be a wise man if you are not a man? The very simple answer is "you can't" because the question is akin to "how can a loaf of bread be a glass of wine?" in th...read more

by Darren L

A wise man need not know his delusions, only that he has them. I wise man does not seek to rid himself of all his delusions at once, it is not his purpose to do so. He does not idle over thoughts of collecting a list of de...read more

by z.mccann

Wise is the man, who knows he does not know, For he is the man who'll continue to grow. Any person claiming to know all there is to know, on any subject, can never truly be wise. For this person has claimed impossibili...read more

by Debbie Robus

How CAN you be a wise man if you are not wise? How CAN you run with fools or act in a particular manner and then claim to be something... or someone else? Have you ever heard someone say that "you are known by the comp...read more

by Kevin Burgess

Wisdom is not some tangible that can be measured out in units to be examined and therein given a specific degree. There are certain elements of life that are predestined, passed down through DNA, that humans have no contr...read more