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Alhamazad the Wise - see List of Greyhawk characters; Ansem the Wise, one the characters of Kingdom Hearts; Darth Plagueis the Wise, mentioned in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith; Fintan mac Bóchra, a seer in Irish mythology; the title character of the play Nathan the Wise; Russano the Wise, from several Redwall novels
The Swedish cunning woman Gertrud Ahlgren of Gotland (1782–1874), drawing by Pehr Arvid Säve 1870. In Scandinavia, the klok gumma ("wise woman") or klok gubbe ("wise man"), and collectively De kloka ("The Wise ones"), as they were known in Swedish, were usually elder members of the community who acted as folk healers and midwives as well as using folk magic such as magic rhymes. [11]
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980) viewed wisdom as a confrontation with the absurd condition of life and the freedom to create meaning in a world devoid of inherent purpose. [28] Albert Camus (1913–1960) echoed these ideas in The Myth of Sisyphus , arguing that wisdom lies in accepting life's absurdity and choosing to live meaningfully despite ...
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by the American white nationalist author Michael H. Hart. Published by his father's publishing house, it was his first book and was reprinted in 1992 with revisions. It is a ranking of the 100 people who, according to Hart, most influenced human history.
Gods and sages, because they are wise; Senseless people, because they think they are wise. The position of the philosopher is between these two groups. The philosopher is not wise, but possesses the self-awareness of lacking wisdom, and thus pursues it. Plato is also the first to develop this notion of the sage in various works.
Wise men or wise man may refer to: Biblical Magi, who follow the Star of Bethlehem in the New Testament; Sage (philosophy), a person who attained wisdom; Sanxing (deities), personified deities of good fortune, prosperity, and longevity in Chinese Buddhism and Taoism; The Wise Men, 1986 book about American foreign policy elders during the Cold War
In 2022, he completed a deal to take over social platform X (formerly Twitter) and became one of the wealthiest people in the world. Musk owns the top spot on X with his 199.1 million followers ...
Conducted on such principles, the Biography of great men, especially of great Poets, that is, of men in the highest degree noble-minded and wise, might become one of the most dignified and valuable species of composition. [19] More recently, in his 1943 book The Hero in History, the pragmatist scholar Sidney Hook asserts: