Science vs Wisdom - What's the difference?
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(countable) A particular discipline or branch of learning, especially one dealing with measurable or systematic principles rather than intuition or natural ability.
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, title= (uncountable, archaic) Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area.
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(uncountable) The collective discipline of study or learning acquired through the scientific method; the sum of knowledge gained from such methods and discipline.
* 1951 January 1, (Albert Einstein), letter to Maurice Solovine, as published in Letters to Solovine (1993)
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, title= (uncountable) Knowledge derived from scientific disciplines, scientific method, or any systematic effort.
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(uncountable) The scientific community.
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To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.
(uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
(countable) A piece of wise advice.
The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good.
The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.
The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding.
(theology) The ability to know and apply spiritual truths.
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As a noun science
is (countable) a particular discipline or branch of learning, especially one dealing with measurable or systematic principles rather than intuition or natural ability or science can be .As a verb science
is to cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.As a proper noun wisdom is
(biblical) the wisdom of solomon, a book of the old testament and the hebrew tanakh.science
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(wikipedia science)Etymology 1
From (etyl) science, from (etyl) .Noun
Boundary problems, passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science , too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}
- For by his mightie Science he had seene / The secret vertue of that weapon keene [...].
- If we conceive God's or science', before the creation, to be extended to all and every part of the world, seeing everything as it is, his ' science or sight from all eternity lays no necessity on anything to come to pass.
- Shakespeare's deep and accurate science in mental philosophy
- O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding vain and profane babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
- I have found no better expression than "religious" for confidence in the rational nature of realityWhenever this feeling is absent, science degenerates into uninspired empiricism.
Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits, passage=In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.}}
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Etymology 2
See (scion).wisdom
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(wikipedia wisdom)Noun
pages 1–2 of the preface
- Wi?dom …is to a man an infinite Trea?ure, for ?he is the Breath of the Power of God, and a pure Influence that floweth from the Glory of the Almighty; ?he is the Brightne?s of Eternal Light, and an undefiled Mirror of the Maje?ty of God, and an Image of his Goodne?s; ?he teacheth us Soberne?s and Prudence, Righteou?ne?s and Strength; ?he under?tands the Subtilty of words, and Solution of dark ?entences; ?he foreknoweth Signs and Wonders, and what ?hall happen in time to come.