What is wisdom for geeks?

Answer 1

Hi! I assume you mean "wisdom for Greeks" not geeks, because wisdom for geeks is the number of Star Trek references you can make in a single sentence. Believe me, I'd know ;)

For the Ancient Greeks, wisdom was equivalent to virtue, to the point where it outweighed even strength or skill. We even see this in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, where the craftiness of Odysseus and wisdom of Athena help bring the Greeks to victory against the Trojans, and later helps Odysseus return home to Ithaca safely.

Many major Greek thinkers, like Aristotle and Socrates, saw wisdom as everything. Socrates famously said "wisest is he who knows he does not know," meaning that true wisdom comes from understanding of one's own ignorance. This view that wisdom was the most important aspect of a person permeated Greek (and later Scholastic) thought.

Hope this helps!! Gotta love those Greeks. And of course, those geeks. ;)