the wise, n.All

The Wise (n.) may ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠feel very strongly and never feel carried away, because they get the response right the first time and have no second thoughts to override.

The Wise (n.) are ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠equipped to feel pain at a present evil, but like burglar alarms in safe neighbourhoods, the mechanism never has to go off.

The Wise (n.) feel ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the jolt of a crashing building like anyone else; the difference is that they do not add belief to the first impression.

The Wise (n.) of ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠all ages judged life sick, even the dying Socrates; Nietzsche asks whether they were no longer firm on their feet.