Percipient vs Wisdom - What's the difference?
percipient | wisdom |
Having the ability to perceive, especially to perceive quickly.
(psychology, education, dated) Perceiving events only in the moment, without reflection, as a very young child.
(philosophy, psychology) One who perceives something.
* 1954 : , Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953 , dilemma vii: Perception, page 99 (The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press)
(parapsychology) One who has perceived a paranormal event.
(uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
(countable) A piece of wise advice.
The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good.
The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.
The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding.
(theology) The ability to know and apply spiritual truths.
* 1652 , , The Fame and Confe??ion of the Fraternity of…the Ro?ie Cro?s ,
As an adjective percipient
is having the ability to perceive, especially to perceive quickly.As a noun percipient
is (philosophy|psychology) one who perceives something.As a proper noun wisdom is
(biblical) the wisdom of solomon, a book of the old testament and the hebrew tanakh.percipient
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Over time children advance from the percipient stage to the perceptive stage, in which they begin to reflect on the significance of events.
Noun
(en noun)- As anatomy, physiology and, later, psychology have developed into more or less well-organized sciences, they have necessarily and rightly come to incorporate the study of, among other things, the structures, mechanisms, and functionings of animal and human bodies qua percipient .
- In the course of investigating the haunting, I interviewed several percipients .
wisdom
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(wikipedia wisdom)Noun
pages 1–2 of the preface
- Wi?dom …is to a man an infinite Trea?ure, for ?he is the Breath of the Power of God, and a pure Influence that floweth from the Glory of the Almighty; ?he is the Brightne?s of Eternal Light, and an undefiled Mirror of the Maje?ty of God, and an Image of his Goodne?s; ?he teacheth us Soberne?s and Prudence, Righteou?ne?s and Strength; ?he under?tands the Subtilty of words, and Solution of dark ?entences; ?he foreknoweth Signs and Wonders, and what ?hall happen in time to come.