My class is currently studying a Christian allegory from the
1600’s.
It was written by a theologian who was also an educator.
He began one of his books for education with the phrase:
“Come, boy, learn to be wise.”
I think that is brilliant.
The author chose the word wise instead of intelligent.
Although many use the words interchangeably, they do not mean
the same thing.
Intelligence is the ability to acquire new knowledge.
Wisdom takes the acquired knowledge and puts it to discerned
use.
As an example, intelligence tells me my car can go extremely
fast.
Wisdom tells...
