Wise fool

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title: Wise fool
text: The wise fool, or the wisdom of the fool, is a form of literary paradox in which, through a narrative, a character recognized as a fool comes to be seen as a bearer of wisdom. A recognizable trope found in stories and artworks from antiquity to the twenty-first century, the wisdom of the fool often captures what Intellectualism fails to illuminate of a thing's meaning or significance; thus, the wise fool is often associated with the wisdom found through blind faith, reckless desire, hopeless rom
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original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wise_fool
date created: 2005-12-19T07:58:04Z
date modified: 2024-09-06T15:03:20Z
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