Confusion in the meaning of terms and concepts presents a barrier to collective wisdom. Sometimes black becomes white. Sometimes words take on so many meanings as to become meaningless. The essays for the Unenlightened Wisdom Project define important terms and concepts for the journey from brain health to democracy. They differ at times from conventional usage, particularly when that convention turns black into white, but they adhere to a logical consistency within the scope of humanitarian wisdom. Citations include essays and sections of origin.

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Wisdom – filtering aggregated knowledge to best guide thinking, feeling and acting.  (Section A)
Autonomy – self control over thinking, feeling and acting. (Sec A)
Authority – an external influence over thinking, feeling and acting.  (Sec A)
Virtues – habits that are good for brain health and right for humanity.  (Sec C)
Wellness – living virtuously for the sake of brain health and humanity.  (Sec C)
Vices – habits that are bad for brain health or wrong for humanity.  (Sec C)
Civilized abnormality – maladaptive vice caused by being civilized.  (Sec C)
Oppression – abnormalities that are forced.  (Sec C)
Delusion – abnormalities mistakenly believed to be good or right.  (Sec C)
Addiction – abnormalities acquired as habits despite knowing better.  (Sec C)
Practicality – the efficient practice of humanitarian wisdom. (Sec H)