Prudent But Not Wise
”I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion. The fear of the
Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I
hate.”
Proverbs 8:12-13 (ESV)
“Many men are prudent who are not wise—that is to say, they are superficially cautious,
sagacious, calculating; but they are never wise. True wisdom is the metaphysic of
prudence. It is the innermost life and reality, and it expresses itself in the large prudence
which sees more points than can be seen by mere cleverness. He that seeketh his life
shall lose it; he that will throw away his life for Christ’s sake shall find it, and shall thus
prove himself in the long run to be the truly prudent man. Beware of the prudence that is
as a skeleton. The true prudence is the living body, inhabited by a living soul—the soul
is wisdom. Sometimes wisdom will drive a man to do apparently foolish things—at least,
things that cannot be understood by those who live in rectangles, two inches by one and
a half.” (J. Carter)
Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I
hate.”
Proverbs 8:12-13 (ESV)
“Many men are prudent who are not wise—that is to say, they are superficially cautious,
sagacious, calculating; but they are never wise. True wisdom is the metaphysic of
prudence. It is the innermost life and reality, and it expresses itself in the large prudence
which sees more points than can be seen by mere cleverness. He that seeketh his life
shall lose it; he that will throw away his life for Christ’s sake shall find it, and shall thus
prove himself in the long run to be the truly prudent man. Beware of the prudence that is
as a skeleton. The true prudence is the living body, inhabited by a living soul—the soul
is wisdom. Sometimes wisdom will drive a man to do apparently foolish things—at least,
things that cannot be understood by those who live in rectangles, two inches by one and
a half.” (J. Carter)
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