"What is Wisdom?" by Peter Russell

Humanity is too clever to survive without wisdom.

~ E.F Schumacher

What is wisdom? We hear the word a lot these days—the need for wisdom, the wisdom traditions, wisdom schools. We each would like to have more wisdom. And for others to have it as well. Too much human hurt and suffering comes from lack of wisdom. But what is this quality that we hold in such high regard?

Most of us are familiar with the progression from data to information to knowledge:

• Data are the raw facts; the letters on a page, for example…

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