Is there a consolation in Philosophy ? In the mirages of Metaphysics ? If not, why do people turn to Wisdom ?

Boethius wrote the Consolations of Philosophy, De Consociation Philosophiae. It is Wisdom which alone can comfort Man!

Why do people read Books ? Do they find pleasure in reading ? Is there a Reader's Heaven, which scholars averr ?

Longfellow defended this view. He wrote

The scholar and the world, the endless strife
The discord in the harmonies of life,
The love of learning, the sequesterd nooks,
And the sweet serenity of books
The Marketplace, eager love for gain
Whose aim is Vanity, whose end is pain!

So it is better to be a scholar curled in his books than a bizman, who knows not what is mental peace!

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Scholarship, says Sai, has got demerits. " It caters to egoism and penchant for the laurel of victory over others preening themselves off as learned ".

Scholarship has merits as well. Says the great poet Bharthrihari " Pandityam Nava Pallavam vikasitham pushpam prayogajnatha ". That Scholarship is an ever expanding flower, which can be used effectively.

" Learning is the mother of all virtue ". averred Montaigne " and all vice proceeds from Ignorance ".

Learning can give golden gifts, says P G Wodehouse.

Bring light to the uneducated and also to the educated, as tremendous are the vanities of education, says Vivekananda.

A fool is respected in his own house
A lord is respected in his own village
A king is respected in his kingdom
Whereas a scholar is respected everywhere.

Swa griha poojyate moodah
Swa grame poojyathe prabhu
Swa deshe poojyathe rajah
Vidwan sarvatra poojyathe

The pen is mightier than the sword and here on the Blogosphere, it is the power of the pen, amplified by the keyboard and raised to the velocity of Cyberspace, which is conquering all!

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The great poet Bhartrihari defined Wisdom as the Teacher of all Teachers.

Veiled wealth is Wisdom

She alone is conducive to Fame

Teacher of all teachers is She!

She is the friend of all living

Celestial Deity great is She

All potentates bow before Her

She alone is Wealth

Sans Her Man is animal!

Wisdom is all in all.