How Wisdom Has Impacted My Education And My Ultimate...

There are multiple ways to define wisdom, and ones definition of wisdom might vary from another’s. Wisdom has the ability to connect people, despite their ethnic, cultural and socio economic backgrounds. It is applicable to the teachings of philosophy and religion to list a few. Wisdom has a lot to offer as long as one remains open minded, willing to learn from real life experiences, and never pretend to know something that they are not actually educated about. Wisdom is a complex value with many facets to it yet, I hope to scratch the surface on what it means to be wise. In this paper I will address and analyze some of the text read in class, and then apply the information gained to assist in answering the question of what my understanding of wisdom is. I will also be addressing how wisdom has affected my education and my ultimate relationship with it. There are five units that we have addressed in the course. The first in regards to wisdom and Socratic ignorance. 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