What is wisdom? One answer is a reinterpretation. To understand what is understood is an easy task; To understand understanding is another: a matter of reinterpretation. On one hand, people understand the world seen by themselves (necessary perception prior to take an action to survive). This is a matter of the knowledge about the world--what people should learn at school. On the other hand, however, the knowledge usually entails less interpretation than understanding yourself and your behavior. For the latter inquiry, you inevitably turn your eyes to the question of who and how. In other words, as an agent of the understanding, you should describe who you are that is understanding, and how you behave then in relation to your interlocutor and/or your community or society. That is a question of reinterpretation: a question of academism, why people continue to learn after leaving their school. ao
A Research Log by Longmanox for Our Hindsight and Foresight