Intelligence vs wisdom

Avery interesting question that comes up frequently in the context of

What is the difference between intelligence, talent and wisdom? Intelligence is something you have, Talent is something you use, and Wisdom is knowing when to use the above two.

Sondra Clark Parsley Sanders, studied Ethics at Pasadena, CA (1993) https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-intelligence-talent-and-wisdom

Andrew Williams Talent - an immediate grasp of how to do something. You don’t think, you just know.

Intelligence - you think about something and you reason out how it works.

Wisdom - you’ve screwed up so many times that you now understand how NOT to do it.

Nina Crespi Intelligence can not be increased. It is in our allotted DNA. Talent may or may not be inherited or learned. Wisdom is what I recognize in others whether I possess it myself or not. Wisdom is a sort of combo of the above with an added dash of personality.

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_difference_between_intelligence_and_wisdom2 Tero Tapio Vaaja My completely intuitive take on the ordinary language meaning of those terms is this: Intelligence is adeptness in problem-solving and gaining factual information. It is "technical". Wisdom is the ability of using the gained knowledge in making good decisions and guiding oneself through life. It also involves knowledge of one's own capacities and ethical sensitivity. It is "practical". It should indeed difficult to exercise wisdom without being intelligent, because wisdom uses the raw materials provided by intelligence, but maybe it is not impossible. Maybe Forrest Gump is a good depiction of a character who manages to be wise without being intelligent?

Alessandro Giuliani I think a good answer is given by the Latin words for intelligence and wisdom. In Latin intelligence is said intellectus and derives from intus (inside) + legere (to read), thus intelligence is the ability to 'go in depth' by 'reading inside' the facts so to extracting their real (and often hidden) meaning. Wisdom corresponds to the Latin 'sapientia' that has the same root of the verb 'sapio' that means 'taste', Latin was a language born among shepards (this is why egregious comes from ex-grege , i.e. a sheep distinguishing from the other shepps because it is out (ex) from the flock (grege)), if you have wisdom (sapientia) you have a personal and unique 'taste' like a specific cheese made by an expert shepard, this implies you not only have the knowledge and intelligence of facts but, much more importantly, you re-elaborate them giving them your unique touch , so a wise person is not someone that knows a lot of things, but someone that has completly assimilate experiences and is able to give them back in a unique way, makinf his unique soul to be evident. Thus to be wise is much more than to be intelligent...

The difference between Intelligence and Wisdom! http://beyondtheopposites.com/2018/05/11/whats-the-difference-between-intelligence-and-wisdom/#sthash.cR5GiqDq.dpbs

1. Intelligence leads to arguments. Wisdom leads to settlements.

2. Intelligence is power of will. Wisdom is power OVER will.

3. Intelligence is heat, it burns. Wisdom is warmth, it comforts.

4. Intelligence is pursuit of knowledge, it tires the seeker. Wisdom is pursuit of truth, it inspires the seeker.

5. Intelligence is holding on. Wisdom is letting go.

6. Intelligence leads you. Wisdom guides you.

7. An intelligent man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows that there is still something to learn.

8. An intelligent man always tries to prove his point. A wise man knows there really is no point.

9. An intelligent man freely gives unsolicited advice. A wise man keeps his counsel until all options are considered.

10. An intelligent man understands what is being said. A wise man understands what is left unsaid.

11. An intelligent man speaks when he has to say something. A wise man speaks when he has something to say.

12. An intelligent man sees everything as relative. A wise man sees everything as related.

13. An intelligent man tries to control the mass flow. A wise man navigates the mass flow.

14. An intelligent man preaches. A wise man reaches.

Intelligence is good but wisdom achieves better results.