The Wise

To understand what is a wise man, we have to study the metaphysical concepts of essence and substance. The essence is the main characteristic of the being. Example: the essence of man is reason, the essence of God is wisdom. The substance is that of what is preach. For example: when we talk about God, what we talk about? We talk about wisdom, the wisdom is the substance of God. When we talk about men? what we talk about? We talk about the person. The person is the substance of man. In Metaphysics there is similarity when there is participation in the essence. Man and God have different essences, there is no likeness between man and God. And this is where the idea of the wise arises, a wise is a person with the essence of God: the wisdom. The wise is by his essence the bridge between men and the divine. Aristotle in his book, "Politics" explains that the good government depends of the leadership of the wise men and in the succession from a wise to another the quality of life in the community.