# CCV explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by Ambrose Bierce.

## What happens

A brief reflection on wisdom as a form of knowledge that surpasses all that is known.

## Key lines

> Wisdom is a special knowledge in excess of all that is known.

Wisdom is a unique understanding that goes beyond all existing knowledge.

_Defines wisdom as transcendent knowledge._

## Links

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