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    Foolishness is the lack or failure of wisdom and of making proper careful choices. In this sense, it differs from stupidity, which is the lack of [1] intelligence. An act of foolishness is called folly. Foolish talk is called stultiloquence . Foolishness and wisdom are contrasted in Paul's letter to the Corinthians. He condemns intellectual arrogance and advocates a humble attitude of foolishness in which it is then possible to learn. Plato likewise said, "He is the wisest man who knows himself to be ill-equipped for the study of wisdom", but Paul makes a distinction between wisdom and the reason of the Greeks.[2][3]

    See also
    As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly - specific biblical proverb Silliness In Praise of Folly

    References

    1. ^ Robert J. Sternberg (2003), "Smart People Are Not Stupid, But They Sure Can Be Foolish", Why Smart People Can Be So Stupid, Yale University Press, pp. 232 et seq., ISBN 9780300101706 2. ^ Walter Arnold Kaufmann, Critiqe of religion and philosophy (http://books.google.co.uk /books?id=8swIKfGhcUsC&pg=PA305) 3. ^ William Barclay, The Letters to the Corinthians (http://books.google.co.uk /books?id=eLqvm8PqyCMC&pg=PA40)

    Stultitia by Giottofrom his fresco of seven virtues and their opposite vices in the Scrovegni Chapel. Stultitia (folly) was shown as the opposite of Prudentia (prudence).

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