COGNITIVE DISSONANTICS

The concept of “wisdom” was invented because knowledge alone wasn’t stopping people from being idiots.

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Wisdom has been discussed in philosophy since ancient times, and the word philosophy itself means love of wisdom in Greek. It was not invented as a response to foolishness.

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