How does one become wise?

[Anonymous No.10067361]

How does a person get recognized by their community as being wise, or as having prophetic ability?

There are people whose words are taken for gold by any one. Even if the person isn't smart, people place importance on certain individuals' words based on who that person already is. Is there a way to transcend superficial adornments such as prestige and popularity, and become objectively wise based on one's own insight?

Similar to how somebody can act as the "voice of reason" in a group, there can also be that one dude with Asperger's who is necessarily acknowledged partly out of solicitude, and partly because that person notices important shit that the rest of us don't.

I aspire to be like Tiresias, basically. Do I have to give up my eyesight? Make a deal with the devil? What books should I read?

[Anonymous No.10067369]

talk vagely and never be caught out saying anything wrong.
Actually being wise is different to just appearing wise to a social group.
48 laws of power.

[Anonymous No.10067371]

you can start by leaving this shithole

[Anonymous No.10067375]

You need to go outside and meet more people, learn more about the world, and gain more experience. Every teenager thinks they have "insight"

[Join No.10067454]

>have a huge beard. Dye it white. Wear esoteric artifacts

[Anonymous No.10067635]

You certainly won't ever be wise with that attitude

[Anonymous No.10067667]

>>10067454
Dude, just...

[Anonymous No.10067684]

>>10067361
Is this what /lit/ is about? Trying to look intelectual in front of your friends?

[Lefersom No.10067689]

>>10067684
No way. It is about trying to look like an intellectual online without revealing your identity

[Anonymous No.10067698]

>>10067454
this

[Anonymous No.10067802]

>>10067684

Intelligence has nothing to do with it. The aim is to be a Tiresias if the modern age, the wise man of the hills who the community turns to when the barbarians are at the gates.

[Anonymous No.10067815]

>>10067802
It's impossible to be this in the modern world. But the first step you can take is never using a computer again.

[Anonymous No.10067952]

>>10067802

[Anonymous No.10068008]

>>10067361
First you have to clearly define to yourself what it means to be wise, give strict criteria, and find out what most people consider as wise. After that you need to go out and experience the world and make conclusions based on careful observations, and you actually need to go out and talk to people otherwise you're never gonna get a broader perspective of the world and people.

[Anonymous No.10068032]

>>10067361
One may become pennywise but pound foolish. Forget it. Begin with the a, b, c.

[Anonymous No.10068040]

>>10068032

What does that mean?

[Anonymous No.10068147]

Wisdom is applied reflection. It all leads to discipline anyways, so don't fool yourself thinking that wisdom is great.
Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday is probably the quickest way to 'get wise'. That's because the main point is that you realize the reality in front of you and your interaction with it directly.
It's not about telling others what to do. You tell yourself what to do, do it, and you do that for the rest of your life. If you want recognition you give talks about the work you're doing, the talks are work, then you do more work to figure out what to tell people and then do more work writing books.
That's how to be called wise, how to be wise, and how to do wise.

[Anonymous No.10068155]

>>10067952
I new sincerely think this guy looks fucking badass

[Anonymous No.10068159]

>>10068040
Pennywise is the clown in It; the ABC of Reading is a relatively easy and short work of Ezra Pound. It's just silly.

[Anonymous No.10068160]

>>10068008
>>10068147

Will bear these in mind, thanks.

[Anonymous No.10068170]

>>10068147
This, I'd also add Epictetus too as something good to read. Oxford has a nice edition of all his writings. The Handbook is a great reference, but you should really dive into his discourses to understand what he's on about. He's much better than Marcus Aurelius imo.