Synonym for: Wisdom, Knowledge.
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is certainly the highest word of all these. It is properly
wisdom. It denotes mental excellence in the highest and fullest
sense, expressing an attitude as well as an act of the mind.
It comprehends knowledge and implies goodness, including the striving
after the highest ends, as well as the using of the best means for
their attainment. It is never ascribed to any one but God and good
men, except in a plainly ironical sense.
is a middle term, sometimes having a meaning nearly as
high as , sometimes much lower. It means prudence,
intelligence, a skillful adaptation of the means to the end
desired, the end, however, not being necessarily a good one.
is knowledge, cognition, the understanding of facts or
truths, or else insight, discernment.
has an intensive meaning as compared with , it
is a fuller, clearer, more thorough knowledge. The verb
has the same intensive force as compared with .