Wisdom In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

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Wisdom is the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement. Happiness is the state of being joyful and content. Both of these qualities depend on something for someone to have them. A philosopher once commented, "Wisdom is founded on memory; happiness on forgetfulness." Through this quote the philosopher is trying to suggest how every action we choose to make affects us later in life by what we remember and what we forget. The quality of having experience, knowledge and good judgement completely reflects on our past and how we remember it. We have to learn from our mistakes, so when someone does something immoral, they think back to that time, and have the knowledge to never do that again. Through the novel, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, there were several people hanged for being so called "witches", which was was based on a true historical event. When people read The Crucible, they remember it is a historically accurate book, and have the knowledge and good judgement to never hang someone for being a "witch". In some cases, people never learn from their mistakes, so they never have the wisdom to not do what they did in the past. In all, wisdom is founded on memory, because if you cannot remember something …show more content…
Sometimes when people forget their painful memories, it makes them a happier person. On the other hand, memories can also bring someone love and joy to think back to, so if someone looses their old happy memories it can be painful. The book, Night by Elie Wiesel, displays his dark experiences through the Holocaust and what Wiesel had to go through when he was a child. For Elie Wiesel, it would probably be less painful to just forget that part of his life, but he wrote about it. Plenty of people want to forget past relationships, problems, and experiences that caused them to hurt, so they can focus on their happiness. In many cases, forgetting can lead you to

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