The main distinction between the Therapeutae and the Essenes is that the latter were anti-intellectual, while "wisdom," Philo says, was the main objective of the Therapeutae.
Conventional wisdom, though, argues that the main reason shareholders are not playing a serious political role is that the "investor class" (to use the term popularised by Larry Kudlow, a Wall Street economist) has not gained class-consciousness.That may be because some people just hold shares for fun, as an upmarket form of gambling.
While conventional wisdom had held that the main factors were poverty, soccer as a dominant national sport and a good climate, Clifford found that until the late 1950s, the Brazilians were not a soccer powerhouse.
Accordingly, conventional wisdom has it that the main "beneficiaries" of the turmoil in Pakistan are Rudy Giuliani, who has yet to utter a critical word about the Bush strategy in the Middle East, and Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate who took the longest to separate herself from that strategy.
One of the reasons Andy Griffith had such a long run on television and in re-runs is that a big part of America is looking for the kind of balance, perspective and wisdom that comes from the Main Streets and back roads of small towns.
One of the main causes of wisdom tooth infection is when a section of gum covering the wisdom tooth — known as the gum flap —becomes infected due to bacteria, plaque and food debris becoming trapped underneath it.
But critics question the wisdom of straying from racing as the main attraction.
For weeks, one of the main pieces of conventional wisdom about this election was that prosperous, traditional Republicans would, in the end, turn away from Donald Trump.
Mostly, I wish I knew that age does not always grant wisdom, and that, even when you're young, you're the main authority on yourself.
The main finding of the paper is that conventional wisdom about the rotation effects of forest taxes, distilled from the Faustmann model, predominantly ceases to hold.
