Knowledge. Where would I find it?
I have thousands of books and in those books lie knowledge of all types. Philosophical knowledge and
historical knowledge and economic knowledge and knowledge of the human condition in books like
“War and Peace” and “St. Petersburg” (one of the 4 best fiction books written in the 20th century)
“The education of Henry Adams” voted the best non fiction book written in English in the 20th century.
And books on evolution and physics and chemistry and chess and travel books. 4000 plus books.
I have a computer that can lead me to even more books online and web sites (and some without an X or porn
in the title but even those sites can lead to knowledge) I have a TV set and Netflix and hula and all the
information available on the TV and I have a radio and all the knowledge there and yet with all these resources
available to me, I am sure I can find knowledge but I am not sure I can find wisdom. Is wisdom and
knowledge connected? Less and less I find people with knowledge. Quite often, I am the person
in the room with the most “knowledge” which we can equate with facts, but does that make me the wisest
person in the room? I have found with age comes a wisdom of sorts, but is it the “right” wisdom?
Well one has to ask, what is the goal of the wisdom? What is the purpose of having the wisdom?
Is wisdom for me or should I share my “wisdom” with the young ones. Knowledge and wisdom?
What is the relationship between the two?
Kropotkin