Sage (philosophy)
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+ | # A [[wise]] [[man]]; a man of [[gravity]] and [[wisdom]]; especially, a man [[venerable]] for years, and of [[sound]] [[judgment]] and [[prudence]]; a [[grave]] [[philosopher]]. | ||
+ | #* '''1748'''. David Hume. ''Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral.'' London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34. | ||
+ | #*: we aspire to the magnanimous firmness of the philosophic '''sage''' | ||
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- | It appears, from d'[[Herbelot]]'s ''[[Bibliotheque Orientale]],'' that from the earliest periods the Eastern nations were in the habit of preserving the [[maxim]]s of their [[sage]]s. | + | A '''sage''' (σοφός, ''sophos''), in [[classical philosophy]], is someone who has attained wisdom. The term has also been used interchangeably with a 'good person' ({{lang-grc|ἀγαθός}}, ''agathos''), and a 'virtuous person' ({{lang-grc|σπουδαῖος}}, ''spoudaios''). Among the earliest accounts of the sage begin with [[Empedocles]]' ''Sphairos''. [[Horace]] describes the ''Sphairos'' as "Completely within itself, well-rounded and spherical, so that nothing extraneous can adhere to it, because of its smooth and polished surface." Alternatively, the sage is one who lives "according to an ideal which transcends the everyday." |
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+ | Several of the schools of [[Hellenistic philosophy]] have the sage as a featured figure. [[Karl Ludwig Michelet]] wrote that "Greek religion culminated with its true god, the sage"; [[Pierre Hadot]] develops this idea, stating that "the moment philosophers achieve a rational conception of God based on the model of the sage, Greece surpasses its mythical representation of its gods." Indeed, the actions of the sage are propounded to be how a god would act in the same situation. | ||
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+ | * [[Arhat]] | ||
+ | * [[Bodhisattva]] | ||
+ | * [[Muni (Saint)|Muni]] | ||
+ | * [[Rishi]] | ||
+ | * [[Sadhu]] | ||
+ | * [[Saint]] | ||
+ | * [[Siddha]] | ||
+ | * [[Wisdom]] | ||
+ | * [[Wise old man]] | ||
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A sage (σοφός, sophos), in classical philosophy, is someone who has attained wisdom. The term has also been used interchangeably with a 'good person' (Template:Lang-grc, agathos), and a 'virtuous person' (Template:Lang-grc, spoudaios). Among the earliest accounts of the sage begin with Empedocles' Sphairos. Horace describes the Sphairos as "Completely within itself, well-rounded and spherical, so that nothing extraneous can adhere to it, because of its smooth and polished surface." Alternatively, the sage is one who lives "according to an ideal which transcends the everyday."
Several of the schools of Hellenistic philosophy have the sage as a featured figure. Karl Ludwig Michelet wrote that "Greek religion culminated with its true god, the sage"; Pierre Hadot develops this idea, stating that "the moment philosophers achieve a rational conception of God based on the model of the sage, Greece surpasses its mythical representation of its gods." Indeed, the actions of the sage are propounded to be how a god would act in the same situation.
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