WISDOM VS. INTELLIGENCE

AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL EXPLORATION REGARDING THE ROLE OF FEELING

“I’m not a smart man, but I know what love is”, Forrest Gump.

A person can have wisdom without “intelligence”. He may be unable to accumulate, organize, assess, and implement significant amounts of data, yet he may inherently know the secrets of the Universe, the highest standards of human interaction, the difference between good and not good. He may be truly creative, and know peace. He may know Love.

Intelligence: the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.

Knowledge: facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.

Wisdom: the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment;

Judgement: the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions.

Sensible: practical, realistic, responsible, full of common sense, reasonable, rational, logical, sound, circumspect, balanced, sober, no-nonsense, pragmatic, levelheaded, serious-minded, thoughtful, commonsensical, down-to-earth, wise, prudent, mature; judicious, sagacious, sharp, shrewd, far-sighted, intelligent, clever.

IQ — “Intelligence Quotient: An intelligence quotient (IQ) is a total score derived from a set of standardized tests or subtests designed to assess human intelligence.[1] The abbreviation “IQ” was coined by the psychologist William Stern for…