How to Tell If Someone Is Wise

3 things wise people do to give themselves away.

Jeff Valdivia
Curious
Published in
6 min readFeb 24, 2021

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What is wisdom?

Is it a vast accumulation of knowledge? It is extensive experience? Is it related to being morally or ethically upstanding? Is it knowing, in truth, how little one knows?

People throughout the ages have attempted to describe wisdom, from Aristotle and Confucius to…

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Jeff Valdivia
Curious

Following my curiosity and hoping it will lead me to wisdom. I write about psychology, meditation, self-development, and spirituality.