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General knowledge will plant the seeds of wisdom. It will help you see and feel your defects and to change yourself, to be a better citizen, spouse, human being. Wisdom is seeing life whole--meaning that every realm of knowledge must be consulted to discover a full truth. Knowledge leads to wise action, to the service of God and to an understanding of human nature: "With all your knowledge, get understanding" is the Biblical precept.
John Henry Newman wrote that the pursuit of knowledge will "draw the mind off from things which will harm it," and added that it will renovate man's nature by rescuing him "from that fearful subjection to sense which is his ordinary state." This point--that knowledge will help a person to move from an infatuation with externals and toward worthy considerations--has been often repeated by philosophers for at least three thousand years. And if you consider for a moment the unhappiness caused by our society's slavery to sense and appearance, I think you will agree that a deliverance from that is certainly desirable.
In our general knowledge, we consider wisdom and knowledge to be one and the same. But in this passage, a very distinct segregation between knowledge and wisdom has been given. Knowledge is a part of wisdom. Knowledge is more about facts and thought process while with the ability of wisdom, one is able to make a viewpoint or opinion about the fact or thought process stated by knowledge. The application of both in the right direction, helps in successful execution of a process or project. An individual needs to have an understanding of the distinction between the two and apply the fundamental in their real life to be successful.
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