The Earth's magnetic field is attributed to a dynamo effect of circulating electric current, but it is not constant in direction. Rock specimens of different age in similar locations have different directions of permanent magnetization.
Full Definition of WISDOM. 1. a: accumulated philosophic or scientific learning: knowledge b: ability to discern inner qualities and relationships: insight c: good sense: judgment.2. : a wise attitude, belief, or course of action. 3. : the teachings of the ancient wise men.See wisdom defined for English-language learners.efinition of WISDOM. : a didactic book included in the Roman Catholic canon of the Old Testament and corresponding to the Wisdom of Solomon in the Protestant Apocrypha â see bible table.
Practical wisdom (Greek phronesis; sometimes translated âprudenceâ), says Aristotle, is âa. true and reasoned state of capacity to act with regard to the things that are good or bad. for manâ Nicomachean Ethics VI.5). So while practical wisdom involves knowledge of what. is good or bad, it is not merely theoretical knowledge, but a capacity to act on such. knowledge as well. This capacity requires. 1. a general conception of what is good or bad, which Aristotle relates to the conditions.