Wisdom or virtue? Only one!
2007-03-24 18:45:52 · 13 answers · asked by tigertrot1986 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Dictionary definition of
virtue:
doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
wisdom:
Accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
2007-03-24 19:22:57 · update #1
I guess I'll take virtue. In "Harvey", Elmer Dowd says that to get along in this world you must be very smart or very nice. He says, "I tried smart; I prefer nice."
2007-03-24 18:53:20 · answer #1 · answered by Elsie Emmess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, i don't consider myself as the smartest person, and neither the wisest. But I believe myself to be wiser than i am intellegent. But having wisdom i ask you this question. Do i have to choose to have either. I'm not so sure i would bestow myself with either of them if given the choice. Wisdom damn you to endless thinking, and ignorance is bliss. If i were ignorant then it wouldn't matter if i were not virtuous. Besides it seem that everyone would prefer to have wisdom anyway. Virtue seems overated today, I'd rather be left in peace all together.
2007-03-25 05:32:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easy question -and fun.
Wisdom refers not to concrete knowledge but to contexted knowledge--to knowing something based on discovering
or mastering the inner normative workings of things. The man who is genuinely trying to comprehend reality does not primarily care about others; he judges them by their utility to him and what he has chosen to do...so the man of wisdom can easily understand virtue; while the man of virtue may lack much knowledge, even if he has honesty and wisdom. I would much rather be a man who knows a great deal, even at risk, than one who has virtue but no real challenge wherein he finds cause to use it.
2007-03-25 01:55:12 · answer #3 · answered by Robert David M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wisdom would allow me to navigate life's ups and downs, as well as dealing with all types of people. Virtue seems that I would confined to s moral structure of manners and behaviour that wasn't determined by me.
If you are speaking of sex, the same applies. Wisdom all the way.
Amelia
2007-03-25 01:54:04 · answer #4 · answered by Amelia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well wisdom coz u work own money and u now whta virtue mean s and you can transform yourself into somone more pretty on ther other hand virtue you dont know what it means so you will be going around looking like a stupid madman
anyway id chose wisdom!
2007-03-25 01:51:33 · answer #5 · answered by melissa h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easy-wisdom, cause with wisdom would come the rest- including virtue, if my wisdom so chose.
2007-03-25 02:03:58 · answer #6 · answered by ontheroadagainwithoutyou 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definatly wisdom. With wisdom comes virture.
Thus, it is not really possible to have one without the other.
2007-03-25 03:01:54 · answer #7 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll say wisdom because if I was wise then I would know that it is better to be virtuous. So I'd have both. You couldn't have one without the other. Wise people are virtuous & virtuous people are wise. Immorality is foolish.
2007-03-25 02:34:01 · answer #8 · answered by amp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wisdom is longer lasting and more benificial in the long run.
2007-03-25 01:49:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darn, I'm greedy... Wisdom!
2007-03-25 01:48:16 · answer #10 · answered by madbaldscotsman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋