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    How did Erasmus use “Folly” to criticize the Catholic Church of his Day? It may seem odd or different to admire and acclaim Folly‚ but there is a definite benefit to foolishness: the freedom to tell only factual information. In Praise of Folly‚ Erasmus put this independence to good use in repeating to the readers‚ a civilization significantly besmirched by mature worries‚ that a person is unable to serve both God and Mammon. He leveled over his irony by promising us that "there is merit in being

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    but still he ended up using practical wisdom. No matter the area of life there is always an opportunity to do the right thing‚ in the right way‚ that is moral wisdom. The universe has demonstrated through the first created human beings Adam and Eve‚ that moral wisdom is one of the first key virtues in the very beginning. It was shown through them consequences of not using practical wisdom for right reason and in the right way. Through their lack of wisdom and not being virtuous‚ the whole human

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    replaced by permanent ones usually during the beginning of teenage years (“Tooth Anatomy”). A special kind of teeth‚ the wisdom teeth or the third molar appears on later ages. This will be the main topic of this mini-paper. We are going to look at the anthropological context and meaning of it. We are going to focus on the archaeological‚ cultural‚ and biological aspects of the wisdom teeth. We will also look at the cultural symbolisms and evolutionary aspects and explain them through anthropological

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    Gone With Common Wisdom‚ In With Inebriated Falsity In the Shakespearean tragedy Othello‚ the eventual downfall of the main protagonist is from his lack of wisdom and flawed knowledge. However‚ although being vitally important to the play‚ these two factors were not driving reason towards his eventual death; they were just catalysts to a separate set of components perpetuated by the antagonist. Through other characters who seem just as easily manipulated due to their ignorance (up until the very

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    From Data‚ Information and Knowledge to Wisdom The data-information-knowledge-wisdom (DIKW) continuum is a concept of the transformation of data into wisdom through cognitive processes. DIKW was initially used to illustrate principles of information management for the designing of information systems (Davenport & Pursak‚ 1989)(Saltworks‚ 2009). DIKW models utilized by nursing such as the model by Englebart & Nelson (2002)‚ incorporate principles of increasing complexity due to increasing

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    Capturing the Wisdom of Four Generations • How it is important that organizations‚ especially managers recognize the difference and the real meaning behind each different generation. • Understand each of the four generations and their perception of workstyle and how they perceive the world • Each of the generations has its own ways of learning‚ communicating‚ working style‚ and collaborating • Out of every generation leaders should generate something positive • Technology has had a big impact

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    The Data/Information/Knowledge/Wisdom Continuum The Data/Information/Knowledge/Wisdom Continuum Data‚ information‚ and knowledge are words used to assign meaning to our complex nursing work. In the field of information technology‚ these words are used to give meaning and direct the flow of organizational knowledge (Thompson & Warren‚ 2009). The concept of the data-information-knowledge-wisdom (DIKW) continuum is the transformation of data into wisdom through cognitive processes‚ which are

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    Wisdom claims that religions are revealing of the present world‚ even if they are often referring to what lies beyond this life and our senses. Regardless of the differences a believer and a none believer have‚ or do not have‚ towards an afterlife or a life beyond the one they live now‚ the differences between the beliefs an atheist holds and those that a theist holds are not confined to how they live their lives or face death‚ for there are also differences in how they view life presently. The truth

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    The First Experience for a Wisdom Tooth Extraction Just a year ago‚ I got my wisdom tooth pulled for the first time. My wisdom tooth had started to ache on last New Year ‘s day. Normally‚ I celebrate New Year’s day with special food‚ but I was no time for that because of an excruciating pain. Unfortunately‚ my husband and I didn’t know a good doctor in this city‚ and we couldn’t contact friend who knows well regional information because it was a big holiday! At the long time‚ I found a dentist

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    Wisdom‚ simply put‚ is “the quality or state of being wise; knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity‚ discernment‚ or insight.” (wisdom‚ Dictionary.com Unabridged). The Socratic view of wisdom was that there should be a balance between knowing what you do and acknowledging that which you don’t‚ or‚ at the very least that is how Socrates wished to remain within the recounting of his speech in Plato’s The Apology: “So I made myself spokesman for the oracle

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