Essays on Wisdom

Socrates has many interesting views on various concepts and ideas. He goes into depth about how these concept and ideas can be detrimental or beneficial to human existence. Socrates is well known for being one of the greatest philosophers in history. He is recognized for...

You will find in Plato’s Phaedrus a story about Thamus, the king of a great city of Upper Egypt. For people such as ourselves, who are inclined (in Thoreau’s phrase) to be tools of our tools, few legends are more instructive than his. The story,...

In Plato’s Symposium, Alcibiades is the last person to give a speech. Former speakers praised love and gave their interpretations of it. However, Alcibiades arrives drunk and would rather speak about Socrates. In the past, Alcibiades wanted Socrates to be his lover and Socrates turned...

Derived from the Greek language ‘philosopia’ translating to ‘the love of wisdom’, philosophy is a subject matter that most people stray away from, it just seems unnecessary, unimportant but every one of us know that there is something to be gained from it something that...

“I simply cram for the examination after which fail to remember the whole thing.” “If I will simply get this remaining paper completed I’m within the transparent.” Feedback like those makes us recoil, however everyone knows the exterior components that encourage scholars: grades, grades, grades....

The elderly of society have traditionally composed the population of sages. However, in an excerpt from Walden, Henry David Thoreau contradicted this customary opinion. He believed that the elderly possessed no beneficial knowledge to pass on to the next generation, since they have encountered numerous...

A learned man came to me once A learned man came to me once. He said, “I know the way, come.” And I was overjoyed at this. Together we hastened. Soon, too soon, were we Where my eyes were useless, And I knew not the...

“I have been made aware that the average opinions of groups are frequently more accurate than most individuals in the group. (Kenneth Arrow,) Stanford University Today crowds have become a more reliable source of information for collecting data, finding out information, and/or making important business...