Franklin C Benjamin

How To Acquire Wisdom Franklin C Benjamin

In this our generation everybody is looking for a way to acquire wisdom so as to be successful in life the bible says that wisdom is the principal thing, therefore I advice you to get wisdom and with all thy getting, get understanding. Wisdom is the application of information for a positive result. This book is written out of many years of teaching and experience, on the subject of wisdom and the process towards acquiring wisdom. It also could be called an x-ray into the life of a man of wisdom. People go to the University to study philosophy. Philosophy (the branch of knowledge or academic study devoted to the systematic examination of basic concepts such as truth, existence, reality, causality, and freedom) it is a branch of social science that deals with the study of wisdom. Philo means study while Sophia means wisdom. This word (Sophia) originated from the Greek word or the school of thought known as Sophists (Greek sophistes," expert, master craftsman, man of wisdom), originally, name applied by the ancient Greeks to learned men, such as the Seven Wise Men of Greece; in the 5th century BC, a name applied to itinerant teachers who provided instruction in several higher branches of learning for a fee. The wise men from the east that came to worship Jesus at his birth may belong to this group of Greek philosophers. Note that Christ was born at the period of Roman government which was the peak of Greeks civilization.