Is Wisdom obtained by age or experiences?

Answer 1

Actually many with either age or experience or both NEVER achieve it. I think you need to be born with the potential. ~
Saw a great line in a book written by 12 scholars:
Wisdom cannot be taught in graduate and professional schools. It is a rare commodity, not because it is the monopoly of the privileged classes, but because it occurs so seldom. It is not the appanage of the rich, well borne, and well educated. It can be found among the poorest and most ignorant peasants, as well as occasionally in the posh clubs of urbanized, international intellectuals.
The book: THE RICH, THE WELLBORN AND THE POWERFUL

Answer 2

I notice that some things can only learned by going through life stages. It certainly seems that age is a factor on the mind and in the body so it could be somewhat actual biological changes and chemisty. "Weaker and wiser." Other things seem to be experience, but sometimes experienced people don't get it either. I think it comes from intuition, using the other 90 percent of the brain and knowledge to process in it. Knowledge in books is experience of a sort, where you also use other peoples experience. In a book they lay it all out, things they might never tell you if they weren't making money on it. Meditating on knowledge reveals a depth, the subconscious seems to have a lot of time to ponder beyond our conscious thought and just gives us conclusions which we can further investigate and get an overview. The deep and broad view changes the wireing in the brain allows a clearer picture. When it's firm it changes the feelings and that is deep, a real understanding or relationships of ideas. At least some older people get very soft, loving, qualities that show a sort of understanding in the heart beyond surface knowledge so frankly I'm stumped. That warmth of a grandparent comes from a deep permeating wisedom. Other old people only become hardened in their thinking and rigid in their view, but age certainly seems to offer a potential beyond the customary conceptions of those in the rat race or young. I can't think of even a young retired person with that depth. It seems to come with wisdom replacing energy and outer directedness. Thinking instead of acting. It seems to come from adversity and being forced to use the mind instead of muscle, if that makes any sense. Out of life and observing it instead, but having experience and knowledge also. Watching you children grow up, an inside look at how various ones turned out. I don't know what it is, but The whole body chemistry may be involved. If you don't find love, then what wisdom can you have and if your not soft, what refinement. And yet some seem very mature for their age. Fruit can only ripen with age. There may be more to it than it looks. The universe is made up of so much space and matter is said to be at least 98 percent space. Could space and time be a factor?

Answer 3

Neither: Wisdom is only obtained by the contemplation of, understanding of, and learning and growth FROM the Experiences!
You could LIVE to be 2000, but without experience what do you have? -just a long life-

Answer 4

Experiences and age. The longer one lives, the more experiences one has to obtain wisdom.

Answer 5

I don't believe this can be philosophically phrased as an "either or." Age will accumulate more experience, but doesn't necessarily mean wisdom has been gained by it. I know some elderly people who are mentally "competent" but have learned nothing. Conversely, I know quite young people who are incredibly wise. Experiences alone are not the measure of wisdom.

Answer 6

Experiences. There are many old fools. There is also and old saying. "Experience keeps a hard school, but a fool will learn in no other". So experience must be qualified and joined to humility, openness, awareness, and the process of testing and evaluation which is only possible in the course of time. Age by itself won't work. Experience gives the substance of wisdom, but if it is mere repetition it is probably more a mark of folly, or insanity (doing the same thing over and over, each time expecting different results).

Answer 7

i believe wisdom obtained by experiences

Answer 8

Experience. Old people are usually wise because they have accumulated a great amount of experiences. Age,itself, however, has nothing to do with wisdom.

Answer 9

I'm quite certain wisdom is obtained by experience or rather a multitude of diverse experiences in life.

Answer 10

It's obtained by having many varied experiences that you learn from.