The concept that concerns us in this review has a recurrent use in our language, being used to refer to various questions, although all of them associated with knowledge.
Person who has wisdom
The term wise is used to refer and name that individual who possesses wisdom.
That which implies wisdom
On the other hand, the word is often used to account for that which implies wisdom, for example "wise advice, wise reasoning", among others.
That which is characterized by its judgment and prudence
And also, by wise, it is called to everything that is characterized by its judgment and prudence.
It generally applies to wise advice with which it is intended to bring moderation and benefits to those counseled, so that they can act in a compliant way and that they can be happy with the decisions that they are advised to follow.
What is wisdom?
Meanwhile, wisdom, is that deep knowledge that will be acquired thanks to study and also to experience. That is, wisdom is a skill that human beings can develop and that consists of the application of intelligence in experience in order to obtain conclusions that will allow us to better understand things and then determine when something is good, when something is not. , or when such thing is true and such another is instead a lie.
It should be noted that some maintain that in reality wisdom is a super and very well developed form of common sense, from which problems and dangers can be avoided, wisely advising others, achieving the proposed goals, between so many situations.
The study of various subjects and arts will undoubtedly make a person wise, but so will the experience that that person has and that will only be possible to achieve over the years.
Meanwhile, wisdom is closely linked to memory, because it will be precisely the good memory of those successful situations, or failing that, those that were not completely successful, which will allow us to gain wisdom, because whoever has not made a mistake and then has learned from that mistake, or who has not been graceful and victorious of something, he will not be able to be wise, simply and simply because he does not have a previous experience that allows him to discern about the good or evil that a fact may represent.
Great value
Since time immemorial, wisdom is considered a value, a virtue of the human being who possesses it and therefore it is that the wise man has been known to pay tributes and respect throughout history, from the most remote antiquity to ancient times. present.
For example, the philosophers of Ancient Greece were considered in their time, and later, authentic sages due to the deepening of the knowledge that they knew how to make of each question that they addressed at the time and that varied between the most mundane and deepest questions: the universe. , being, politics, among others.
Even the classical Greek tradition keeps the honor of having the seven Greek sages, as that group of thinkers, philosophers and politicians of Greek origin was called, who knew how to leave their indelible mark as a result of the teachings and phrases that would serve as a guide. for the rest of the mortals. Thales of Miletus is one of those on this list.
On the other hand, the concept of wise person is normally linked to that of old man, because as wisdom is experience, it is believed that only in maturity someone can become wise, not before.
For example, in ancient times and in some cultures such as Orientals, the elderly often enjoy special respect from the community.
They are listened to, they are valued, and they are respected because they know that they enjoy the accurate knowledge that the experience of the years they have lived gives them, something that of course a young person cannot have due to an age issue.
We must say that this consideration does not extend to everyone, unfortunately, and it is common that in many parts of the West, on the contrary, instead of valuing the elderly, they are discriminated against because of their age, it is considered that already they are useless because they are old.
