Dont you think as much people gain knowledge/intelligence, they keep increasing their ego, never gain wisdom?

Answer 1

Absolutely right!

Ego identifies you with what you have, then it tries to expand itself - in the form of power, knowledge, family, friends, money etc. More the identification, more the ego is; more the ego, more the identification. Wisdom is way beyond because one things s/he and ego is the same.

If one has wisdom (aware/awake about ego and it's pros and cons), one will always keep her/his ego at the right place - at a distance. You will not allow servants to enter and take control of your house.

Answer 2

knoledge and intelligence are 2 seperate things,knowledge you get with learning new stuff and intelligence would be the ways to get that knowledge and to remember it.intelligence can be seen as a million different things since the human brain will never be fully understood.
wisdom and ego is very different to ,wisdom would be to apply for example self control which you would have acquire through some past experience.ego on the other hand would be to have self confidence.some people have big egos and should not but in their mind they are better than others because they never really were surrounded by better persons or they just cannot see that they are better persons out there.

Answer 3

I believe it's how comfortable they are with themselves. We all have some sort of ego and it needs to be satisfied, either from ones self or from our peers.

Some people "get-off" by increasing their knowledge which can be very dangerous to others around them(self inflated ego), and yet never gain any wisdom. Wisdom is gained through listening, observing, and then applying the knowledge to help make wise choices.

Answer 4

Some people who are intelligent and knowledgeable may have a big ego, and not be very wise.

But being intelligent and knowing many things is hardly incompatible with being wise. That idea can be just a judgemental stereotype about intelligent people.

Gaining knowledge, depending on how that knowledge is applied, can also be a help in becoming a wise person. E.g. learning how to best cope with the loss of a loved one can be helped by becoming knowledgeable through reading or talking to others about how they handled that disturbing event. And that person may then be able to help others cope with their losses. Many counselors have become wise and adept at helping others through their reading, knowledge, and experience of counseling others through life's tragedies.

Answer 5

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Hmmm...I think its a neutral matter.

Sometimes when people gain knowledge, they also increase their wisdom and decrease their ego. Sometimes when people gain knowledge they decrease their wisdom and increase their ego.

They increase ego because people feel that they have grown that much of intelligence that they take everything to be low and look at every person with low gratitude.

They think that they have so much of intelligence that they can deal with each and every problem of life.

I think people should not gain ego. Instead they should spread and share that knowledge and wisdom with others, so that others also become wise and knowledgeable people rather then spoiled and egoful people..... :) ...tc...sweet dreamz...bye....

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Answer 6

Knowledge, Intellegence and Wisdom are three different aspects.

What is wisdom is to exercise the discretion between these aspects. The person who has wisdom would not have ego. By gaining intellegence and knowledge, one would not gain wisdom. Wisdom means - knowing the truth and accepting and practicing the same in life.

Answer 7

Yep, some people never acquire wisdom because no matter how much knowledge or experience they get, they lack certain virtues or character-traits that transform knowledge into understanding. Chief among these virtues is Humility, which I define as "seeing yourself exactly as you are." Humility doesn't get much respect in these days of "self-esteem at any cost." Most people think it's a flaw, not something to cultivate. But it makes all the difference.

Answer 8

Knowledge and wisdom are two seperate things. One can be extremely smart in some area, but not able to manage in some other. For example, you can be a very gifted writer, but have other people take advantage of you....

Answer 9

Increasing knowledge is exactly what inflates the ego, it makes them feel they know more than anyone else and are the best.

Answer 10

Yes. I agree with that statement. I think they lose the ability to "be wrong" and there for refuse to accept anyone Else's p.o.v. or criticism. I personally think that learning from others is very important to acquiring wisdom.