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Buddhist scriptures teach that wise people conduct themselves well. [67] 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. [68] Wisdom is the antidote to the poison of ignorance. The Buddha has much to say on the subject of wisdom including:
The Paradoxa Stoicorum (English: Stoic Paradoxes) is a work by the academic skeptic philosopher Cicero in which he attempts to explain six famous Stoic sayings that appear to go against common understanding: (1) virtue is the sole good; (2) virtue is the sole requisite for happiness; (3) all good deeds are equally virtuous and all bad deeds equally vicious; (4) all fools are mad; (5) only the ...
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.
A 2019 survey found that globally, we think old age begins at 66. When asked to describe it, we usually use the term wise (35%), followed by frail (32%), lonely (30%), and respected (25%). People ...
"In today’s world, there are too many fakes, so people really appreciate an authentic person who they can trust," says Carole Lieberman, M.D., M.P.H., a board-certified psychiatrist in Beverly ...
The wise person (sophos) is someone who is free from the passions . Instead the sage experiences good-feelings (eupatheia) which are clear-headed. [44] These emotional impulses are not excessive, but nor are they diminished emotions. [45] [46] Instead they are the correct rational emotions. [46]
A Bankrate survey shows that overall, across all demographics, only about 44% of people have at least three months in savings, with 16% of people having three to five months and 28% having six or ...
Recalling the figure of Cato the Younger Seneca argues that Cato as a wise person suffered neither injury nor insult. Although Serenus objects to this paradox, Seneca provides further analogies to emphasize the impervious nature of the wise person. In chapter 5 Seneca distinguishes between contumelia (insults) and iniuria (injuries). The rest ...