Their love was for their own wisdom, their personal brilliance. The problem with wisdom is that it so often puffs us up with pride. Then I feel superior. Then I feel I deserve greater honor. Then I think I m only getting my due.
Smart folks tend to depend on their own wits.
Pride and self-dependence are common snares for those who fancy themselves wise. Our very abilities can be a curse. People meet God not through vain arrogance but through humble obedience. We meet God through the cross of Jesus Christ. Worldly wisdom has probably done more to hinder people from faith than it has to impel people toward faith.