Wisdom versus Knowledge
If a person has been taught much knowledge does this make him wiser? What if the question were asked reversed. If a person is considered to be wise, is this because he has been taught a lot of knowledge? If the former question was to be answered without the latter being asked it might make more sense. However, if thought out thoroughly, to be wise may not necessarly mean to have been taught a lot of knowledge. Wisdom doesn¡¯t come straight from knowledge, nor does knowledge come from wisdom. An iota of information that one feels has some sort of importance or value, something that can be carried on through life is considered wisdom. But information with non of this can be considered straight knowledge. In Inge Bell¡¯s essay she emphasizes the importance of wisdom versus knowledge and why wisdom needs to be stressed more than knowledge. In today¡¯s education system however, this concept of wisdom being a better value and a more important value doesn¡¯t seem to matter. The education system today mainly consists of the teachers just teaching and the students just learning. Basically, the all knowing teacher fills the facts into the blank minded student, than the student in one form or another regu
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Approximate Word count = 1065
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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