2006-10-22 09:46:06 · 18 answers · asked by screaming frenzy 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It takes humility to accept our ignorance...
Socrates said it best:
“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.”
“I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.”
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
2006-10-22 10:10:51 · answer #1 · answered by Either/Or 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course.
If you cannot accept the fact that you are ignorant in some areas, then intelligence on a whole cannot move forward. It will be forever stunted, and the only way to allow it to grow is to notice that there are things that we just simply do not know. However, acknowledging such a thing should bring someone to try to make a bridge across the gap, making a discovery or a theory to try to piece it all together with proof and logic.
However, there are also things that can never be known. If someone can accept that fact and move on in life without trying to squeeze some explanation without any proof behind it into the gap, then that is truly wisdom.
So, yes. The acknowledgment of ignorance always lines the path of enlightenment and wisdom, in my opinion.
2006-10-22 12:42:05 · answer #2 · answered by Nanashi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a step in the right direction. People in ancient Greece thought Socrates to be the smartest person around. Not because he knew the most, but because when you talked to him, you came out knowing less than you thought you did. I believe its harsh to refer to it as the acknowledgement of ignorance. Its more like realizing that wisdom in the truest sense lies within the questions you ask, as opposed to the answers you give.
2006-10-22 10:51:10 · answer #3 · answered by Big J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Proverbs 1:7a
The beginning of wisdom is to fear the Lord.
2006-10-22 11:22:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a good starting place. We have to acknowledge our need of something before we consider how it relates to us personally.
Proverbs 1:17 says that the "Fear (hebrew: yirah = awe, reverence, respect, or devotion) of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
Also sounds like a good place to start. Again, we have to acknowlege our need of something before it relates to us personally.
Unfortunately most people choose to ignore what God says about wisdom, thinking instead that we are "wise" enough with out considering what He has to say on the subject.
Here's a good signpost to consider when looking for wisdom:
"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach,and it will be given him. But....let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double minded man, unstable in all his ways." James 1:5-8
Ps.53:1 The fool has said in his heart: "There is no God"....
doesn't sound like a definition of "wise" action ??
Wisdom seems to come from paying attention to our Creator, as in Romans1:19, where the apostle Paul is talking to the Romans (intelligent, thinking people of his day): "For what can be known about God is plain to them (=people who deny the existance of God), because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE." (caps.mine).
Why is it that people have to twist themselves into human pretzels to avoid dealing with God, who is the source of wisdom?!
2006-10-22 10:24:03 · answer #5 · answered by Irishgal 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is the first step towards wisdom. If further steps are not taken, wisdom will never be achieved.
2006-10-22 10:04:04 · answer #6 · answered by BecuzIlove 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uhh. No.
The beginning of wisdom is aknowledging knowledge.
2006-10-22 09:50:33 · answer #7 · answered by Roka 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the beginning of wisdom is the aquisition of knowledge, then learning how to apply that knowledge appropriately.
2006-10-22 09:54:46 · answer #8 · answered by Jeff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, being human, imperfect and only dealing from the information you have so far attained closes you off to better reasoning - have to stay openminded
2006-10-22 09:54:23 · answer #9 · answered by health.facts1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is wisdom...
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance”
- Confucius -
"The fool who thinks he is wise is just a fool. The fool who knows he is a fool is wise indeed"
- Siddhartha Gautama -
2006-10-22 09:48:51 · answer #10 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋