Types of Wisdom

Wisdom: 1. insightful understanding of what is true, right, or enduring; 2. native good judgement

Polonious wisdom is more common sense stuff (like Proverbs and the second definition), while Hamletian wisdom is speculative and not quite so concrete (think definition one and Ecclesiastes and Job). Hamletian wisdom makes you think a little bit more, and is more adaptable to the individual. Polonious wisdom is pretty set (not many people would argue that if you play with fire, you are gonna get burned sometime).




On another note, I would kind of like to argue that the book of Ecclesiastes is not pessimistic. I've heard that at least the first chapter of the book of Ecclesiastes was written to depict what the world would be like if Christ did not exist, and if that is the case, it is not pessimistic, it is realistic. Because we would then be stuck on a chunk of dirt floating around in space for no apparent reason, or else just automatically condemned to fire and brimstone for all eternity. Regardless of the meaning, I don't think it's a bad thing. Just a different perspective...