Sunday, April 16, 2006

AE 408 - wisdom, intelligence, knowledge

AE 408
Wisdom differs from intelligence in this,
that wisdom is from the light of heaven,
and intelligence from the light of the world enlightened by the light of heaven;
this is why wisdom is predicated of spiritual goods and truths,
and intelligence of natural goods and truths....
He who believes that intelligence is from the light of the world only,
which is called natural light, is much deceived.
Intelligence means seeing from oneself truths and goods,
whether civil, moral, or spiritual,
while seeing them from another is not intelligence but knowledge....

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