Most people would agree that, although our age exceeds all previous ages in knowledge, there has been no corresponding increase in wisdom. But agreement ceases as soon as we attempt to define wisdom?? and consider means of promoting
Most people would agree that, although our age exceeds all previous ages in knowledge, there has been no corresponding increase in wisdom. But agreement ceases as soon as we attempt to define “wisdom” and consider means of promoting it
There are several factors that contribute to wisdom of there i should put first a sense of proportion: the capacity to take account of all the important factors in a problem and to attach to each its due weight. This has become more difficult than it used to be owing to the extent and complexity of the special knowledge required of various kinds of technicians. Suppose for example. that you are engaged in research in scientific medicine. The work is difficult and is likely to absorb the whole of your mid. You have no time to consider the effect which your discoveries or inventions may have outside the field of medicine. You succeed (let us say) as modern medicine has succeeded, in enormously lowering the infant death-rate, not only in Europe and America, but also in Asia and Africa
There are several factors that contribute to wisdom. Of there I should put first a sense of proportion: the capacity to take account of all the important factors in a problem and to attach to each its due weight. This has become more difficult than it used to be owing to the extent and complexity of the special knowledge required of various kinds of technicians. Suppose, for example, that you are engaged in research in scientific medicine. The work is difficult and is likely to absorb the whole of your mid. You have no time to consider the effect which your discoveries or inventions may have outside the field of medicine. You succeed (let us say) as modern medicine has succeeded, in enormously lowering the infant death-rate, not only in Europe and America, but also in Asia and Africa
This has the entirely unintended result of making the food supply inadequate and lowering the standard of life in the parts of the world that have the greatest populations. To take an even more dramatic example, which is in everybody s mind at the present time, you study the makeup of the atom from a disinterested(无利害关系的) desire for knowledge,andb chance place in the hands of a powerful mad man the means of destroying the human race Therefore, with every increase of knowledge and skill wisdom becomes more necessary, for every such increase augments(* s) our capacity for realizing our purposes and therefore augments our capacity for evil, if our purposes are unwise
This has the entirely unintended result of making the food supply inadequate and lowering the standard of life in the parts of the world that have the greatest populations. To take an even more dramatic example, which is in everybody’s mind at the present time; you study the makeup of the atom from a disinterested（无利害关系的）desire for knowledge, and by chance place in the hands of a powerful mad man the means of destroying the human race. Therefore, with every increase of knowledge and skill, wisdom becomes more necessary, for every such increase augments（增强）our capacity for realizing our purposes, and therefore augments our capacity for evil, if our purposes are unwise
11. Disagreement arises when people try to decide A) how much more wisdom we have no than before B)what wisdom is and how to develop it C) if there is a great increase of wisdom in our age D) whether wisdom can be developed or not
11. Disagreement arises when people try to decide _________. A) how much more wisdom we have no than before. B) what wisdom is and how to develop it. C) if there is a great increase of wisdom in our age. D) whether wisdom can be developed or not
12. According to the author,"wisdom"is the ability to A) carefully consider the bad effects any kind o research work B)give each important problem some careful consideration C) acquire a great deal of complex and special knowledge D) give suitable consideration to all the possible elements in a problem
12. According to the author, “wisdom” is the ability to ___________. A) carefully consider the bad effects any kind of research work B) give each important problem some careful consideration C) acquire a great deal of complex and special knowledge D) give suitable consideration to all the possible elements in a problem