Please , please be extra-careful in what you say answering this Q as this Q has been deleted once already after it got 26 answers in 20 minutes. It was not deleted by me. Apparently it angered some people who reported it vigorously. Be sure to copy the webpage with the Q with your A , in case it gets deleted again. I wish others would post my Q on their own in protest of censorship at this public venue.
BTW this Q was a couterpart to the Q : How do ignorant people know that they are ignorant? The now closed Q got a good answer. They ask Q's!
2007-11-11 03:00:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I see many wise A's, like many of the ones that were inexcusably deleted when I first asked this philosophy Q!
2007-11-11 04:01:31 · update #1
And beautifully phrased laudatory comments on wise people, but remember to A the point of the Q.
2007-11-11 04:41:02 · update #2
"Perhaps the question(s) should be rephrased as"--->Perhaps the person who said this should ask their own Q's and stop trying to highjacking this one! That's the honest way, the wiser way.
2007-11-11 10:44:43 · update #3
I'm glad person deleted their non-answer A.
2007-11-11 12:28:21 · update #4
Yes, I think it is part of being wise to know that you are wise.Although wise people never tell it aloud , they don't say that they are wise and i think this is also part of them being wise.
2007-11-11 03:31:10 · answer #1 · answered by shaza 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Strange why this Q would be deleted! hmmm. I think wise people who know that they are wise face a difficult struggle to keep their ego in check.
I think it is possible to be wise know that you are wise and stay with humility but imagine that the awareness makes it harder than being unconsciously innocently wise.
So I think wisdom and awareness are two different attributes and may co-exist or not.
I think that when children are wise they don't know that they are it is often just their innocence speaking.
2007-11-11 03:13:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My father had some quotes written in his house. I don't know who authored it. It went something like this.
They who know not, and know not they know not: the fools - shun them.
They who know not, and know they know not: the simple - teach them.
They who know, and know not they know: they sleep - awaken them.
They who know, and know they know: the wise - follow them.
That might not be an answer to your question, but I like it, and like to share it when I get the chance.
In answer to your Q: I think, mostly, the wise know they are wise. I think humility and tolerance are parts of wisdom, so even if they know, they probably demonstrate it quietly through their actions rather than trying to announce or prove it. Wisdom is not greatness; it is not intelligence. I think a very simple unambitious person can be very wise. I also think a lot of people mistakenly think they are wise.
2007-11-11 03:31:41 · answer #3 · answered by tizzoseddy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think wise people know much more than others and they also know that what they know is not enough. That there is so much more to learn. They are humbled by this awareness. They never flaunt their knowledge openly but it just drips...
2007-11-11 04:32:53 · answer #4 · answered by P'quaint! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure if they know it or not but I have noticed that they never tell you how wise they are.
Seems like that is something that only the dimmest people do.
Love and blessings Don
2007-11-11 03:24:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i believe they think of themselves as ignorant. and because of this they strive for more wisdom.
wise people never perceived themselves as wise for this will put a limitation in their hunger for knowledge.
hope i helped you! ^_^
2007-11-11 03:47:10 · answer #6 · answered by Timawa 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Ignorant people ignore that they are ignorant.
2007-11-11 03:08:53 · answer #7 · answered by make_it 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋