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Dag the Wise, a mythological Swedish king; 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
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]
Buddhist scriptures teach that wise people conduct themselves well. [44] A wise person does actions that are unpleasant to do but give good results, and does not do actions that are pleasant to do but give bad results. [45] Wisdom is the antidote to the poison of ignorance. The Buddha has much to say on the subject of wisdom including:
Plutarch's The Dinner of the Seven Wise Men, in the Loeb Classical Library. Seven Sages of Greece with illustrations and further links. Jona Lendering's article Seven Sages includes a chart of various canonical lists. Sentences of the Seven Sages; Fragment of a poem in which the Seven Wise Men were mentioned together, from Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a dedicated employee at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, found himself at the epicenter of two of the most devastating events in human history, within a span of just three days.
Image credits: Wichella #8. Can only remember a moment in personal history. I was the last generation in my country to do mandatory military service. And apparently my generation is particularly lazy.
The earliest pipes were made of clay, and are found at the Temple of Bel at Nippur in Babylonia. [127] [b] 4000 BC: Oldest evidence of locks, the earliest example discovered in the ruins of Nineveh, the capital of ancient Assyria. [130] 4000 BC – 3400 BC: Oldest evidence of wheels, found in the countries of Ukraine, Poland, and Germany. [131 ...
Tim Cook-the CEO of Apple; Ve Elizabeth Cadie (1893–1956), U.S. – heat insulating handle for small home appliances; Herminie Cadolle (1845–1926), France – modern brassiere