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    The Proverbs

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    “A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE” Proverbs have been well defined thus “short sentences found on long experience”. They are brief yet striking form of wisdom which can be anonymous or created by famous people. One of the proverbs I find most useful in life is the one of Thomas Fuller – a British writer: “A stitch in time saves nine”. Since the proverb has its origin in sewing‚ it can be literally understood that: if your clothes seam comes loose‚ refastening it with one stitch now will save you from

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    Knowledge and Wisdom

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    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

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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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    Wisdom of Crowds

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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 wisdom

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    Reflecting Wisdom 1 Reflecting Wisdom Janise McWilliams Psych/220 02/09/2014 COLLEEN MOORE The person I am choosing to write about would be my step father. I chose him because he is very Wise and very physiological

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    Wisdom of Mensa

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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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    The Wisdom of Whores

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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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    Wisdom Psalms

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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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    Reflecting On Wisdom

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    Reflecting On Wisdom Denisa Rudnicky 5/31/2015 PSY/220 Michelle Culmer Reflecting On Wisdom Wisdom can be described in many different ways. Wisdom is commonly looked at as a general intellect that involves the use of knowledge and the development of this knowledge. A person who others consider to be wise is one who looks at things in the proper perspective and is able to council others on life’s daily curve balls. Throughout life there may be choices that could have been made

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    wisdom and folly

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    Journal Entry #3 Wisdom and Folly CMCL 301 (Condensed Journal Entries) Colton O’Reilly 10060253 Oct 25th 2013 (Condensed journal entries - they must be single spaced‚ 12 pt.‚ Times New Roman‚ and around half a page. You must do a minimum of 3 out of the 8 readings for this pillar. For these shortened entries‚ please answer the top three questions‚ and one of the personal response questions. ) Plato (Republic) Colton O’Reilly 10060253 Nov 8th 2013

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