Perhaps one could stretch the comprehensiveness that constitutes wisdom to include not only intellect but also feeling. It is by no means uncommon to find men whose knowledge is wide but whose feelings are narrow. Such men lack what I call wisdom.
Source: Bertrand Russell : Knowledge and Wisdom (1954)
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Knowledge can be expanded even without much contact with other people. In contrast, sensibility?especially the capacity to care for others?cannot be adequately developed unless one interacts widely with others. Of course, sensibility can also be cultivated through reading and similar activities, but that alone is insufficient. Moreover, even if one meets many people, if those interactions are mostly with individuals who share similar thoughts and perspectives, the breadth of one’s sensibility will not grow.
In this regard, members of parliament, as servants of the entire nation, bear the responsibility of listening to the diverse voices of the people. Therefore, they are expected to engage with a broader range of people than ordinary citizens. However, particularly among hereditary legislators, there are not a few who interact mostly with supporters who share their own thoughts and sensibilities.
Parliamentarians require what Russell calls the “comprehensiveness that constitutes wisdom,” yet unfortunately, in reality, there are far too few who possess it.
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