Perspicacity
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Perspicacity (also called perspicaciousness) is a penetrating discernment (from the Latin Script error: No such module "Lang"., meaning throughsightedness, discrimination)—a clarity of vision or intellect which provides a deep understanding and insight.[1] It extends the concept of wisdom by denoting a keenness of sense and intelligence applied to insight. It has been described as a deeper level of internalization.[2] Another definition refers to it as the "ability to recognize subtle differences between similar objects or ideas".[3]
The artist René Magritte illustrated the quality in his 1936 painting La Clairvoyance, which is sometimes referred to in the English speaking world as Perspicacity. The picture shows an artist at work who studies his subject intently: it is an egg. But the painting he is creating is not of an egg; it is an adult bird in flight.[4]
The word "perspicacity" also indicates practical wisdom in the areas of politics and finance.[5] Being perspicacious about other people, rather than having false illusions, is a sign of good mental health.[6] The quality is needed in psychotherapists who engage in person-to-person dialogue and counseling of the mentally ill.[7]
Perspicacity is different from acuity, which also describes a keen insight. While having closely related meanings, acuity emphasises sharpness, and its definition encompasses physical abilities such as sight or hearing; perspicacity conveys senses of meaning more related to clarity and penetration.[8]
In 1966, the journal Science discussed NASA scientist-astronaut program recruitment efforts:
Concept
In 17th-century Europe, René Descartes devised systematic rules for clear thinking in his work Regulæ ad directionem ingenii (Rules for the direction of natural intelligence). In Descartes' scheme, intelligence consisted of two faculties: perspicacity, which provided an understanding or intuition of distinct detail; and sagacity, which enabled reasoning about the details in order to make deductions. Rule 9 was De Perspicacitate Intuitionis (On the Perspicacity of Intuition).[9] He summarised the rule as Template:Verse translation
In his study of the elements of wisdom, the modern psychometrician Robert Sternberg identified perspicacity as one of its six components or dimensions; the other five being reasoning, sagacity, learning, judgement, and the expeditious use of information.[10] In his analysis, the perspicacious individual is someone who Template:Quote
See also
- Neuro-linguistic programming
- Organizational politics
- Stress management
- Temperament
- Time management
- Personality
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.René Descartes (1998), "Regula IX: De Perspicacitate Intuitionis", in Heffernan, George (ed.), Regulæ ad directionem ingenii, translated by Heffernan, George, Rodopi, p. 122, ISBN 978-90-420-0138-1
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