"Practical wisdom" refers to the ability to make good judgments and decisions in everyday situations. It means having valuable knowledge and experience that can be applied to solve problems and navigate through life effectively.
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There is a certain
practical wisdom in refusing to allow the fulfillment of today's task to depend upon answers to obscure questions about tomorrow.
When we are active participants in the transitions of our soul, we emerge from the experience
with practical wisdom, information, inspiration.
Practical wisdom knows that the parish church is only rarely an appropriate or an effective structure for social action.
Teaching critical thinking: Practical wisdom [electronic resource].
Birth stories told by women who were active participants in giving birth often express a good deal
of practical wisdom, inspiration, and information for other women.
Step two is to shift from an emphasis on book knowledge to
practical wisdom in establishing the requirements for licensure.
For reasons Maritain articulates at some length, a certain kind of democracy, guarded against the diseases to which «pure» democracies are prey, best represents the full flowering of human
practical wisdom about the sorts of institutions worthy of Jewish and Christian thought.
For the post, Cain hunted around
for practical wisdom from exceptionally successful introverted CEOs, turning up lessons in books and interviews.
In this powerful tele - seminar, # 1 best - selling author and relationship coach, Roy Biancalana, will
share practical wisdom on how to meet high quality people and get a relationship off to a healthy start.
Kasl, a practicing psychotherapist, workshop leader, and Reiki healer for thirty years,
offers practical wisdom on using the path to love as a means of awakening..
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That is why, in explicating «the fundamentally existential character of Thomist ethics,» Maritain stresses two points, one regarding charity, the other
regarding practical wisdom or prudence.
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Experienced practitioners will, I hope, overlook this necessary shortcoming, and consider whether and to what extent any of the ideas surveyed here could be useful «add ons» to their
own practical wisdom and seasoned judgment.
Candor, temperance, courage — these traits preempt problems like public scandals, harassment and discrimination and foster a positive moral pragmatism among coworkers and
practical wisdom among leaders.
We need to associate discernment with
practical wisdom about ends and not just the adroit choice of means to predetermined ends.
New homeowners and long - time residents alike will find much
practical wisdom in the pages of the Clean Mama Homekeeping Planner for keeping their house spic and span.
The ACOG guidelines implicitly view ethics as a matter of private emotion and sentiment, rather than as common rationality and
shared practical wisdom.
For more than two decades, Dr. Becker - Weidman has treated families, offering them assistance through challenging times
with practical wisdom.
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-- Arielle Ford, author of The Soulmate Secret: Manifest the Love of Your Life with The Law of Attraction and Wabi Sabi Love: The Ancient Art of Finding Perfect Love in Imperfect Relationships «Dr Ali offers so
much practical wisdom, and delivers it with deep humor and heart.
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We've identified some guidelines by combining lessons from academic research with
the practical wisdom of experts on the ground — people we interviewed because they are known for their skill at advising.
One need not retreat into formalism, ignore the importance of
practical wisdom, or deny the creative element in judging to insist that constitutional decision making be carefully bounded by the text, historical understandings, legal doctrine, and a modest view of the role of the judiciary.
Instead of focusing on «birth control,» the Pope turns to the first of the cardinal virtues,
practical wisdom (prudentia, phronesis), and speaks of the excellence of prudence in deciding, in God's presence, how many children to have» how to «regulate» fertility.
This series on «
practical wisdom,» which coincides with the release of my newest book, Wide Awake, reminds me that for our community here in Los Angeles, the Gospel has become so much more than this.
«Even though I was well on my way through deconstruction when I met David, I was still in need of someone who could tell me «me too,» and offer
me practical wisdom from then on.
And yet, as often happens, Jesus» advice is also based on common sense — the sort of down - to - earth,
practical wisdom that is dispensed today by people like Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren, and that fills the Old Testament book of Proverbs.
Aristotle wrote that the criterion of good moral action is not a principle or a law so much as «the man of
practical wisdom» ¯ that is, the person in your environment who habitually makes the wisest and bravest decisions of anyone else you know.
It contains * some * verified history of their culture, and of course * some *
practical wisdom for beneficial human behavior; but, in the main, it simply relates the myths, legends, superst «itions and fantasies of that primitive culture.
In such matters,
practical wisdom, knowing how to achieve a spiritual end, proves itself.
Its adaptability to circumstances large and small marks it as a fruit of
practical wisdom, not mere logic.
With such balance, contemplation does not veer into spiritual excess or elitism but instead leads one to
practical wisdom.
It is rooted not in the speculative mind of the logician, but in the practical order of
practical wisdom.
Sometimes
this practical wisdom makes us recognize that we must settle for the least - bad option rather than the ideal outcome we construct in our imaginations.