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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French fol, from Late Latin follis, from [[Latin]], bellows, bag; akin to Old High German bolla blister, balg bag | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French fol, from Late Latin follis, from [[Latin]], bellows, bag; akin to Old High German bolla blister, balg bag |
| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century] | | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
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| '''Foolishness''' is the lack of [[wisdom]]. In this sense it differs from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupidity stupidity], which is the lack of [[intelligence]]. An [[act]] of foolishness is sometimes referred to as a [[folly]]. | | '''Foolishness''' is the lack of [[wisdom]]. In this sense it differs from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupidity stupidity], which is the lack of [[intelligence]]. An [[act]] of foolishness is sometimes referred to as a [[folly]]. |
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− | Foolishness and [[wisdom]] are contrasted in [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]'s [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_I letter to the Corinthians]. He condemns [[intellectual]] arrogance and [[advocates]] a [[humble]] [[attitude]] of foolishness in which it is then possible to [[learn]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato Plato] likewise said, "He is the wisest man who knows himself to be ill-equipped for the [[study]] of [[wisdom]]" but [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] makes a distinction between [[wisdom]] and the [[reason]] of the [[Greeks]]. | + | Foolishness and [[wisdom]] are contrasted in [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]]'s [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_I letter to the Corinthians]. He condemns [[intellectual]] arrogance and [[advocates]] a [[humble]] [[attitude]] of foolishness in which it is then possible to [[learn]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato Plato] likewise said, "He is the wisest man who knows himself to be ill-equipped for the [[study]] of [[wisdom]]" but [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] makes a distinction between [[wisdom]] and the [[reason]] of the [[Greeks]]. |
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