wisdom

(noun)

Wisdom refers to insight that is gained from knowledge. This category includes truth, opinion, and perception.

Related Terms

  • knowledge
  • information

Examples of wisdom in the following topics:

  • The Importance of Organization

    • Eliot makes a good point: it is difficult to maintain a healthy balance of information, knowledge, and wisdom.
    • Wisdom, the most general category of all, refers to insight that is gained from knowledge.
    • Wisdom includes truth, opinion, and perception.
    • Balance information, knowledge, and wisdom as though you are building a house: lay a strong foundation of information, build knowledge on top of it, and finish the house with a roof of wisdom.
    • Explain how information, knowledge, and wisdom work together in a speech
  • Choosing the Main Points

    • According to a Greek philosopher named Epictetus, "We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. " Epictetus's wisdom applies to public speaking: listening to the audience is twice as important as speaking to the audience.
    • For an informative speech, provide a foundation of relevant information and then present knowledge and wisdom that will be useful to your audience.
    • A commemorative speech usually compiles stories and wisdom that will help the audience honor, remember, or celebrate something.
  • How to Incorporate Expert Testimony

    • In addition, Schwartz uses the testimony of these experts to show that they embody the characteristics of wisdom that Schwartz will describe in the remainder of the speech.
  • Variations in Orality

    • Analyzing or breaking apart such expressions adds complexity to communications, and questions received wisdom.
  • Establishing Credibility

    • Winston Churchill's maxim, "The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see," is a great case for the relationship between context and wisdom.
  • The Do's of Using Sensory Enhancements

    • You see your audience waiting to receive your wisdom.
  • Defining a Successful Delivery

    • Speaking well, also means speaking justly, where eloquence, wisdom and goodness combine.
Subjects
  • Accounting
  • Algebra
  • Art History
  • Biology
  • Business
  • Calculus
  • Chemistry
  • Communications
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Microbiology
  • Physics
  • Physiology
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Statistics
  • U.S. History
  • World History
  • Writing

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