The Stoic vs the Sufi on Providence: two traditional answers to the same worry

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Islamic theology treats hikmah as a gift from God rather than an acquired skill Taoism answers the wisdom problem by telling you to stop accumulating Prajna vs gnosis vs hikmah: three religious words for wisdom that refuse to translate into each other Hindu traditions call wisdom viveka: the raw ability to tell the permanent from the passing Chan Buddhism's patriarch lineage was partly a Chinese answer to Indian authority Kabbalah's transmission rules deliberately limited who could study what Sufism absorbed Neoplatonism without turning into a philosophy department Theravada and Mahayana differ on whether everyone can awaken Does contemplative wisdom require a community or can a hermit arrive at the same place Augustine's restless heart still frames Christian self-examination

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