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Wisdom is the capacity to apply knowledge well and make good judgments, valued across many cultures and spiritual traditions as a fundamental human quality. It matters because it helps people navigate life's challenges, make sound decisions, and understand deeper truths about the world and themselves.
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- Etymology
- Definitions
- Dictionary definitions
- Western religion and mythology
- Mesopotamian mythology
- Egyptian mythology
- Judaism
- Greek mythology
- Athena and Metis
- Apollo
- Roman mythology
- Hellenistic religion and Gnosticism
- Christianity
- Gnosticism
- Islam
- Norse mythology
- In folklore
- Eastern traditions
- Zoroastrianism
- Buddhism and Hinduism - ''prajñā'' and ''karuna''
- Baháʼí Faith
- Taoism
- Confucianism
- Western philosophy
- Ancient Greek philosophy
- Socrates
- Plato and Aristotle
- Roman philosophy
- Medieval and Renaissance thought
- Modern and contemporary philosophy
- Psychological research
- Definitions
- Approaches
- Heuristic approaches
- Trait, context, behaviour
- Theories and models
- Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development
- Post-formal structural stages
- Berlin Wisdom Paradigm - Paul B.Baltes
- Balance Theory of Wisdom - Robert J. Sternberg
- Aspects
- Meta-cognition
- Interpersonal sensitivity
- Personal distancing
- Contextual factors
- Relation with intelligence
- Relation with age
- Measuring wisdom
- Psychotherapy
- Jungian psychology
- Gestalt therapy
- Educational perspectives
- Maxwell's educational philosophy
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
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Wisdom, also known as sapience, is defined by psychologists as a combination of "wit and virtue," the ability to apply expert tacit and experiential knowledge, balancing intrapersonal, interpersonal and institutional interests, to deal with complex questions of life and attain a common good. Wisdom can be viewed as a stable personality trait, but also as context-bound process, meaning that a person in some contexts behaves wisely, but in other contexts does not. Wisdom can also be viewed as influenced and determined by sociocultural norms and traditions. And wisdom can be viewed solely as wise behaviour, describing actions which lead to "an altruistic outcome by creatively and successfully solving problems."