Wisdom

> >ObConLang: How is "intelligence" represented in y'all's
> >conlangs/concultures?  The Qenaren tend to look at talent in specific
> >areas rather than having a sort of "general g" theory.
The Shrislia account six of what we might call “mindskills” or “humanist
virtues” (siur’tespaja), which they believe should be held in
“wisdom-bringing balance” (t’sosk maucam). They are these:

nuid: common sense; a keen grasp of the obvious
nart: creativity; non-ossification of mental processes, the ability to
consider new courses of action
pruïnd: ethics; consideration for the impact of one’s actions on others
zaund: intuition; a connection to one’s innate knowledge, instincts, and
hunches
bren: memory; recognition that the past contains evidence of how the future
will be
ðeug: reason; the ability to process available facts into theories, and the
flexible ability to abandon these theories if contradictory facts emerge

This list is quite old, and emerges in diverse locations in their culture,
such as elemental correspondences, correspondences to their system of
government and their old estate system, and even the days of the week.

Oddly enough, when cultural exchange first started between Tenja and Terra,
Shrislia philosophers were startled to discover that their system of
mindskills was quite closely approached by a kanadás philosopher called
Idjon Rálston Sal, in his books “Ocajaja Bolteres” (“The spawn of Bolter”),
“Ézir Nózurardas” (“Friend of the one who doubts”), “Lya sirimand” (“The
sleeping people”), and “Moza lyen’sausiras” (“Thoughts of a conjoined
twin”), which have recently come out in translated editions in finer
lyocateka everywhere.

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