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the wise and the foolish
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NT1
J0000–J0199 ↓
acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge)
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NT2
J0010 ↓
wisdom (knowledge) acquired from experience
NT2
J0030 ↓
wisdom (knowledge) acquired from inference
NT2
J0050 ↓
wisdom (knowledge) acquired from observation
NT2
J0080 ↓
wisdom (knowledge) taught by parable
NT2
J0100 ↓
wisdom (knowledge) taught by necessity
NT2
J0120 ↓
wisdom learned from children
NT2
J0130 ↓
wisdom (knowledge) acquired from animals
NT2
J0140 ↓
wisdom (knowledge) through education
NT2
J0150 ↓
other means of acquiring wisdom (knowledge)
NT2
J0180 ↓
possession of wisdom
NT1
J0200–J1099 ↓
wise and unwise conduct
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NT2
J0200–J0499 ↓
choices
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NT3
J0200 ↓
choices
NT3
J0210 ↓
choice between evils
NT3
J0230–J0299 ↓
real and apparent values
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NT4
J0230 ↓
choice: real and apparent values
NT4
J0240 ↓
choice between useful and ornamental
NT4
J0260 ↓
choice between worth and appearance
NT4
J0280 ↓
quality preferred to quantity
NT3
J0300–J0329 ↓
present values chosen
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NT4
J0310 ↓
the present preferred to the past
NT4
J0320 ↓
present values preferred to future
NT3
J0330–J0399 ↓
gains and losses
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NT4
J0340 ↓
choices: little gain, big loss
NT4
J0350 ↓
choices: small inconvenience, large gain
NT4
J0370 ↓
choices: important and unimportant work
NT4
J0390 ↓
choices: kind strangers, unkind relatives
NT3
J0400–J0459 ↓
choice of associates
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NT4
J0400 ↓
choice of associates
NT4
J0410 ↓
association of equals and of unequals
NT4
J0420 ↓
association of strong and weak
NT4
J0440 ↓
association of young and old
NT4
J0450 ↓
association of the good and the evil
NT3
J0460 ↓
unnecessary choices
NT3
J0480 ↓
other choices
NT2
J0500–J0599 ↓
prudence and discretion
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NT3
J0510 ↓
prudence in ambition
NT3
J0530 ↓
prudence in demands
NT3
J0550 ↓
zeal – temperate and intemperate
NT3
J0570 ↓
wisdom of deliberation
NT3
J0580 ↓
wisdom of caution
NT2
J0600–J0799 ↓
forethought
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NT3
J0610–J0679 ↓
forethought in conflict with others
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NT4
J0620 ↓
forethought in prevention of others’ plans
NT4
J0640 ↓
avoidance of others’ power
NT4
J0670 ↓
forethought in defences against others
NT3
J0680 ↓
forethought in alliances
NT3
J0700–J0749 ↓
forethought in provision for life
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NT4
J0700 ↓
forethought in provision for life (general)
NT4
J0710 ↓
forethought in provision for food
NT4
J0730 ↓
forethought in provision for clothing
NT4
J0740 ↓
forethought in provision for shelter
NT3
J0750–J0799 ↓
forethought – miscellaneous
NT2
J0800–J0849 ↓
adaptability
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NT3
J0810 ↓
policy in dealing with the great
NT3
J0830 ↓
adaptability to overpowering force
NT2
J0850–J0899 ↓
consolation in misfortune
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NT3
J0860 ↓
consolation by a trifle
NT3
J0870 ↓
consolation by pretending that one does not want the thing he cannot have
NT3
J0880 ↓
consolation by thought of others worse placed
NT3
J0890 ↓
consolation in misfortune – miscellaneous
NT2
J0900–J0999 ↓
humility
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NT3
J0910 ↓
humility of the great
NT3
J0950 ↓
presumption of the lowly
NT2
J1000–J1099 ↓
other aspects of wisdom
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NT3
J1010 ↓
value of industry
NT3
J1020 ↓
strength in unity
NT3
J1030 ↓
self-dependence
NT3
J1040 ↓
decisiveness of conduct
NT3
J1050 ↓
attention to warnings
NT3
J1060 ↓
miscellaneous aspects of wisdom
NT1
J1100–J1699 ↓
cleverness
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NT2
J1100–J1249 ↓
clever persons and acts
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NT3
J1110 ↓
clever persons
NT3
J1130–J1199 ↓
cleverness in the law court
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NT4
J1130 ↓
cleverness in law court – general
NT4
J1140 ↓
cleverness in detection of truth
NT4
J1150 ↓
cleverness connected with the giving of evidence
NT4
J1160 ↓
clever pleading
NT4
J1170 ↓
clever judicial decisions
NT4
J1180 ↓
clever means of avoiding legal punishment
NT4
J1190 ↓
cleverness in the law court – miscellaneous
NT3
J1210–J1229 ↓
clever man puts another out of countenance
NT3
J1230–J1249 ↓
clever dividing
NT2
J1250–J1499 ↓
clever verbal retorts (repartee)
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NT3
J1250 ↓
clever verbal retorts – general
NT3
J1260 ↓
repartee based on church or clergy
NT3
J1270 ↓
repartee concerning the parentage of children
NT3
J1280 ↓
repartee with ruler (judge, etc.)
NT3
J1290 ↓
reductio ad absurdum of question or proposal
NT3
J1300 ↓
officiousness or foolish questions rebuked
NT3
J1310 ↓
repartee concerning wine
NT3
J1320 ↓
repartee concerning drunkenness
NT3
J1330 ↓
repartee concerning beggars
NT3
J1340 ↓
retorts from hungry persons
NT3
J1350 ↓
rude retorts
NT3
J1370 ↓
cynical retorts concerning honesty
NT3
J1380 ↓
retorts concerning debts
NT3
J1390 ↓
retorts concerning thefts
NT3
J1400 ↓
repartee concerning false reform
NT3
J1410 ↓
repartee concerning fatness
NT3
J1420 ↓
animals retort concerning their dangers
NT3
J1430 ↓
repartee concerning doctors and patients
NT3
J1440 ↓
repartee – miscellaneous
NT2
J1500–J1649 ↓
clever practical retorts
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NT3
J1500 ↓
clever practical retort
NT3
J1510 ↓
the cheater cheated
NT3
J1530 ↓
one absurdity rebukes another
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NT4
J1540 ↓
retorts between husband and wife
NT4
J1550 ↓
practical retorts: borrowers and lenders
NT4
J1560 ↓
practical retorts: hosts and guests
NT4
J1580 ↓
practical retorts connected with almsgiving
NT4
J1600 ↓
practical retorts – miscellaneous
NT2
J1650–J1699 ↓
miscellaneous clever acts
NT1
J1700–J2749 ↓
fools (and other unwise persons)
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NT2
J1700–J1729 ↓
fools
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NT3
J1710–J1729 ↓
association with fools
NT2
J1730–J1749 ↓
absurd ignorance
NT2
J1750–J1849 ↓
absurd misunderstandings
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NT3
J1750–J1809 ↓
one thing mistaken for another
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NT4
J1750 ↓
one animal mistaken for another
NT4
J1760 ↓
animal or person mistaken for something else
NT4
J1770 ↓
objects with mistaken identity
NT4
J1780 ↓
things thought to be devils, ghosts, etc.
NT4
J1790 ↓
shadow mistaken for substance
NT4
J1800 ↓
one thing mistaken for another – miscellaneous
NT3
J1810 ↓
physical phenomena misunderstood
NT3
J1820 ↓
inappropriate action from misunderstanding
NT2
J1850–J1999 ↓
absurd disregard of facts
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NT3
J1850–J1899 ↓
animals or objects treated as if human
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NT4
J1850 ↓
gift or sale to animal (or object)
NT4
J1860 ↓
animal or object absurdly punished
NT4
J1870 ↓
absurd sympathy for animals or objects
NT4
J1880 ↓
animals or objects treated as if human – miscellaneous
NT3
J1900 ↓
absurd disregard or ignorance of animal’s nature or habits
NT3
J1910 ↓
fatal disregard of anatomy
NT3
J1920 ↓
absurd searches for the lost
NT3
J1930 ↓
absurd disregard of natural laws
NT3
J1960 ↓
other absurd disregard of facts
NT2
J2000–J2050 ↓
absurd absent-mindedness
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NT3
J2010 ↓
uncertainty about own identity
NT3
J2020 ↓
inability to find own members, etc.
NT3
J2030 ↓
absurd inability to count
NT3
J2040 ↓
absurd absent-mindedness – miscellaneous
NT2
J2050–J2199 ↓
absurd short-sightedness
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NT3
J2050 ↓
absurd short-sightedness
NT3
J2060 ↓
absurd plans: air castles
NT3
J2070 ↓
absurd wishes
NT3
J2080 ↓
foolish bargains
NT3
J2100 ↓
remedies worse than the disease
NT3
J2120 ↓
disregard of danger to objects (or animals)
NT3
J2130 ↓
foolish disregard of personal danger
NT3
J2160 ↓
other short-sighted acts
NT2
J2200–J2259 ↓
absurd lack of logic
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NT3
J2200 ↓
absurd lack of logic – general
NT3
J2210 ↓
logical absurdity based upon certain false assumptions
NT3
J2220 ↓
other logical absurdities
NT2
J2260–J2299 ↓
absurd scientific theories
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NT3
J2260 ↓
absurd scientific theories – general
NT3
J2270 ↓
absurd astronomical theories
NT3
J2280 ↓
other absurd scientific theories
NT2
J2300–J2349 ↓
gullible fools
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NT3
J2310 ↓
nature of gullibility
NT2
J2350–J2369 ↓
talkative fools
NT2
J2370–J2399 ↓
inquisitive fools
NT2
J2400–J2449 ↓
foolish imitation
NT2
J2450–J2499 ↓
literal fools
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NT3
J2450 ↓
literal fool
NT3
J2460 ↓
literal obedience
NT3
J2470 ↓
metaphors literally interpreted
NT3
J2490 ↓
literal fool – miscellaneous
NT2
J2500–J2549 ↓
foolish extremes
NT2
J2550–J2599 ↓
thankful fools
NT2
J2600–J2649 ↓
cowardly fools
NT2
J2650–J2699 ↓
bungling fools
NT2
J2700–J2749 ↓
the easy problem made hard
NT1
J2750–J2799 ↓
other aspects of wisdom or foolishness
Castellano
sabios y tontos
Date of creation
06-Oct-2020
Modified
07-Oct-2020
Accepted term
06-Oct-2020
Descendant terms
178
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Central terms
fools (and other unwise persons)
acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge)
wise and unwise conduct
cleverness