worldly wisdom, n.All

Worldly wisdom (n.) cools ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what passion inflames, but neither the heat nor the cold nor their blend is the pure air of the eternal.

Worldly wisdom (n.) deceives ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠by correctly answering 'Where is the road?' while leaving out life's real task: how to walk it.

Worldly wisdom (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠let you dodge the sufferings God joined to being Christian and win the pleasures He made incompatible with it — and perish in the illusion you were on the right way because you were happy.

Worldly wisdom (n.) knows ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what Christ apparently did not: the thing to do is deceive people and give the deception the appearance of a benefaction to the whole race — and be called its benefactor.