Sentence examples for forms of wisdom from inspiring English sources
From the 1st century ad onward the word in its Syriac form (magusai) was applied to magicians and soothsayers, chiefly from Babylonia, with a reputation for the most varied forms of wisdom.
"When people of different backgrounds, resources, experiences, and forms of wisdom — from the conference rooms of New York to the coal mines of West Virginia — are connected, the results are powerful," Nicholas said.
Having read Book VI and completed our study of what these two forms of wisdom are, how are we better able to succeed in finding the mean in particular situations?
The word sophia bridges a gap; usually translated "wisdom," it may be used as a rough synonym for techne, but it may also be used for less specific forms of wisdom that are not obviously taught or learned and may lack the rational features of expert knowledge.
As "devotion and art," faithful interpretation acknowledges that contemporary forms of wisdom such as the social and natural sciences and the arts should inform our interpretation.
As shown in the accompanying animation from our upcoming PBS documentary Kumu Hina, māhū were valued and respected not "despite being that way," as you might hear on the continent, but precisely because their gender fluidity helped them in their roles as healers, caretakers and teachers of ancient tradition, passing on their knowledge through hula, chant and other forms of wisdom.
And one form of wisdom is the ability to judge when to let luck disrupt our plans.
Here, he seems to be distilling his experiences into a form of wisdom literature, a disquisition on love that emerges in dramatic form.
It too aimed at a form of wisdom but of a much more practical order, based on working out commonsense solutions to life's problems.
