question

what is the value of one's sense of one's own wisdom?

for does the fool ever truly believe himself foolish? as it would take a lot of insight to recognize the true degree of one's own folly, it would take even more to assess the true magnitude of one's own wisdom.

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addendum:
what i'm saying is, if you think you're wise, you're probably not. right? most people think they're right and knowledgable, and more often than not they're wrong and ignorant. wise people take it a step beyond that. they know their folly and learn humility (which is very nearly synonymous with wisdom, by the way).

i would imagine that at some point one is so wise that one can actually legitimately give credit Where credit is due and acknowledge one's own wisdom. at that point one would be wise enough to know just how wise one is.

in the meantime, however, we pretty much all think we are wise, fool and sage alike.

isn't that kinda funny?