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  2. Wisdom - Wikipedia

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    Buddhist scriptures teach that wise people conduct themselves well. [139] A wise person does actions that are unpleasant to do but give good results, and does not do actions that are pleasant to do but give bad results. [140] Wisdom is the antidote to the self-chosen poison of ignorance. The Buddha has much to say on the subject of wisdom ...

  3. Sage (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    Gods and sages, because they are wise; Senseless people, because they think they are wise. The position of the philosopher is between these two groups. The philosopher is not wise, but possesses the self-awareness of lacking wisdom, and thus pursues it. Plato is also the first to develop this notion of the sage in various works.

  4. Wise old man - Wikipedia

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    The wise old man (also called senex, sage or sophos) is an archetype as described by Carl Jung, as well as a classic literary figure, and may be seen as a stock character. [1] The wise old man can be a profound philosopher distinguished for wisdom and sound judgment .

  5. Stoicism - Wikipedia

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    However, this name was soon dropped, likely because the Stoics did not consider their founders to be perfectly wise and to avoid the risk of the philosophy becoming a cult of personality. [ 11 ] Zeno's ideas developed from those of the Cynics (brought to him by Crates of Thebes ), whose founding father, Antisthenes , had been a disciple of ...

  6. Vidura - Wikipedia

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    Vidura Niti also includes a few hundred verses with suggestions for personal development and the characteristics of a wise person. [13] For example, in Chapter 33, Vidura suggests a wise person refrains from anger, exultation, pride, shame, stupefaction and vanity.

  7. Buddhist personality types - Wikipedia

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    The Buddhist view of the person is encapsulated by the not-self teaching, which states that there is no unchanging core to a person, no soul or Ego.A person is defined as a stream of phenomenal events (termed dhammas) in a causal series of mind moments (samaya), and therefore an 'individual' or 'person' is merely a conventional designation for a collection of constantly changing processes (the ...

  8. Wise Old Man and Wise Old Woman - Wikipedia

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    In Jungian psychology, the Wise Old Woman and the Wise Old Man are archetypes of the collective unconscious. The Wise Old Woman, or helpful old woman, "is a well-known symbol in myths and fairy tales for the wisdom of the eternal female nature." [1] The Wise Old Man, "or some other very powerful aspect of eternal masculinity" is her male ...

  9. Seven virtues - Wikipedia

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    Prior to Ambrose, these four qualities were identified by the Greek philosopher Plato as the necessary character traits of a good man, and were discussed by other ancient authors such as Cicero. They can also be found in the Old Testament Book of Wisdom , which states that wisdom "teaches moderation and prudence, righteousness and fortitude ...