Socrates is widely recognized as an ancient Greek philosopher and one of the founding fathers of Western philosophy. Despite the fact that there is no real credited work to contribute to Socrates‚ he will always be renowned for being an enigmatic figure made famous through the works of Plato and other ancient Greek philosophers. The spirit of Socrates was always that of an inquisitive‚ curious‚ yet enlightened thinker and that is the attitude he portrayed in Plato’s Euthyphro and The Apology.
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Boosting Wisdom: Distance From the Self Enhances Wise Reasoning‚ Attitudes‚ and Behavior When it comes to personal situations people often tend to not make the wisest decisions. Researchers in this experiment examine how humans increase their wisdom by simply developing a psychologically distanced perspective. In this experiment researchers investigate how to make people not so self-centered so they can learn to take the bigger picture into account. The researchers proposed that the easiest
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Though knowledge and wisdom may seem alike‚ they are really very different. They actually only have two things in common - they both involve the mind and both are hard to acquire. Someone who has knowledge would know that a tomato is a fruit‚ but someone who had wisdom would know not to put them in a fruit salad. Anyone can obtain knowledge about anything‚ but only some can use that knowledge and apply it in the best way.Knowledge’ is information of which someone is aware. Knowledge is also used
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With Age Comes Wisdom Date: February 2‚ 2013 Course: PSY\220 When people think of wisdom the immediately think of it as someone who has scholarly knowledge or received a lot of learning‚ but it could also be defined as having the knowledge of what is true or right. When asked what is wisdom the common answer is the gift of knowing everything but it is more of a person possessing an open mind to further increase their knowledge. People gain most of their wisdom not from a classroom
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MS (Psychotherapy & Counselling); PhD Scholar (IIT Bombay) Associate Professor H. K. Institute of Management Studies & Research‚ Mumbai © 2014. Prof Roy‚ H.K. Institute of Management Studies & Research‚ Mumbai. All Rights Reserved. THE WISDOM OF CROWDS by JAMES SUROWIECKI ISBN: 978-0-385-72170-7 306 PP | Soft Cover US $ 14.95 2005 Watching the popular game show‚ Kaun Banegaa Crorepati (KBC) hosted by Big B on Sony Entertainment Television‚ I always wondered….. whenever‚ the contestant
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Reflecting on ‘Reflective practice’ By: Linda Finlay‚ Phd‚ BA(Hons)‚ DipCOT “Maybe reflective practices offer us a way of trying to make sense of the uncertainty in our workplaces and the courage to work competently and ethically at the edge of order and chaos…” (Ghaye‚ 2000‚ p.7) Reflective practice has burgeoned over the last few decades throughout various fields of professional practice and education. In some professions it has become one of the defining features of competence‚ even if on occasion
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G Scholar Instructor: Wisdom at Mensa October 13‚ 2010 RE: Jung Typology Test My Jung Typology Test The Jung typology test consists of answering approximately 72 yes or no questions in reference to you usual preference and then you get results that hypothetically reveal your personality or personality types. It also shows the strength level of your personality types that are revealed from your responses. After taking the "Jung Typology Test and reviewing the results I was surprised
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Elizabeth Pisani’s The Wisdom of Whores - Bureaucrats‚ Brothels and the Business of AIDS is a great book (along with a great website). Elizabeth Pisani is an epidemiologist with years of experience working on HIV/AIDS (or sex and drugs‚ as she puts‚ which sounds a lot‚ well‚ sexier) at a variety of agencies‚ including UNAIDS. The book is the story of her frustrations at the way the international community‚ national governments‚ NGOS and AIDS activists have dealt with the epidemics‚ as well as her
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PHYSICS Experimental History Research Topic: Newton’s Reflecting Telescope Patrick Doan & Kevin Le & Kevin Tumang 30/4/08 Principle Aim: To construct a recreation of the Galilean refracting telescope and a Newtonian reflecting telescope Aim: To recreate Newton’s experiment in building a reflecting telescope‚ aiming to further the field of optics. We hope to use the theory studied in this experiment and produce a working Newtonian telescope (that Newton designed). He wanted to create
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No clear-cut characteristics of wisdom Psalms have been charted out. However‚ some scholars offer identifying suggestions with regard to style‚ content and context or life-setting. As we have said‚ wisdom features are found in many of the psalms in the psalter. However‚ the wisdom psalms share certain components in style‚ content and context. These typical characteristics (style‚ content and context or life-setting) have been identified primarily by R. K. Johnston. 1. With regard to style: The use
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