In our language we call wisdom that deep knowledge that is achieved through study or experience, or a combination of both.
Detailed knowledge that is obtained by study or experience. Prudence in acting
Wisdom is also spoken of when you want to designate the care and prudence that someone observes in their behavior and way of acting in life.
In any case, we must say that the first meaning expressed is the one most used in our language.
Wisdom is the capacity that is developed through the exercise of the mind, especially the use of intelligence, reason and reflection.
Anciently wisdom was attributed to the elderly but today that value has been lost
Wisdom is a capacity that is normally linked to age since it is considered that the older a person is, the greater the wealth of experiences, sensations and life span they have, for which their sensory, intellectual and emotional richness is much larger and much more developed than in young people. This was especially understood in this way in ancient civilizations such as the Egyptian, the Greek, the Asian and the pre-Columbian that took place in America.
Unfortunately, nowadays, this idea has changed a bit and so it is that many times the elderly are not valued as much as they should for their knowledge and experience in life, and as the aforementioned cultures did, but rather for On the contrary, they usually receive absolute neglect as a consequence of their advanced age, because it is believed that it limits their abilities, and of course this is not the case at all ...
The state of wisdom is not something that can be easily measured in quantitative terms since it is not an empirical and concrete element that can be observed or understood with the senses.
Wisdom is a skill, something that the person possesses and that he has managed to develop over time. This wisdom is evident in different acts that the person can carry out, such as giving advice, mediating a conflict, acting intelligently and measured in critical situations, etc.
And of course all this is granted by the years and the passage through various situations that leave teachings, good and bad. For example, if we put a young person and an older adult in the same situation, the latter will have greater wisdom than the former because many things happened in life that left vast traces and lessons learned.
This does not make one or the other more or less valuable, each one will be from their place, but we must say that older people have that additional share of experience and knowledge that the years give them and this is imposed in front of the young who have not yet gone through many experiences in life just because of a matter of age.
Usually, the idea of wisdom is related to intelligence and the use of reason rather than depending on the senses or sensations, since the latter is more related to impulses or animal instinct.
However, wisdom also involves a certain level of emotionality since a person who deals purely and exclusively with the intellect can be a cold person and disinterested in the other. The wise man, on the other hand, knows how to combine the right measure of intelligence and intellect with feelings and emotionality such as love, tenderness, passion, good sense.
While a person who has a lot of knowledge about various arts, sciences and practices and who is then capable of finding per se solutions to the current problems that arise in his life, always with agility and efficiency, will be designated as wise.
The wise man will not be the one who claims to know everything and there he stays, but the one who is constantly in search of more and more knowledge, that is, he is not omnipotent and arrogant believing that he already knows everything he needs but continues to rummage every day to know a little more. You can always keep learning things.
