Talk:Sage

message: What about 'sage' as is a 'wise person' - i.e. the primary meaning of the word on which all of those other references listed (except the plant) come from? Why is there no mention of it in this page? In Stoicism, for example, the Sage is something akin to a Buddha or enlightened one (although there are important differences).--Daniel 05:29, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The first item under the 'Other' section currently states: "A profound philosopher distinguished for wisdom and sound judgment". But I agree, it should probably be straight in the beginning, as most other entries are derived from that meaning. -- intgr 17:23, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about the obvious? 

message: I agree with the above comments. While sorting out disambiguation links i've noticed half of the links are from pages referring to this meaning of the word. Philosophy doesn't seem to do it justice. Perhaps we could do with a Sage (Philosophy) page?... extraordinary 13:26, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Philosophical Sage 

message: I can't remember a source, But I've read in an Occult book somewhere that the Herb Sage was so named for being renowned by learned Sages for it's healing effects?
59.101.30.249 (talk) 09:26, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sage Plant linked with Wise Sage 

message: This article greatly deviates from Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages). Lacking any objections in the next few days, I'll bring it into conformance.--Curtis Clark (talk) 03:19, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Why wait? Be bold; in my opinion there is nothing to lose. -- intgr [talk] 05:41, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.--Curtis Clark (talk) 14:23, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Way too many entries 

message: "Sage" goes in email fields to reply to a thread without bumping it on the *chans, worth an entry minus link? - 92.22.102.77 (talk) 23:07, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "sage" when used on imageboards? 

message: some entries are wrong. They don't always refer to other disambiguation pages. Lietuvių for instance refers to Salvia plants! Mismeret (talk) 11:54, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: entries are wrong

message: The word sage to mean "wisdom, prudence, and good judgement," was first used in 14C, and the herb sage first popped up in literary use around the same time. It has been stated that the two are linked because of the herb's medicinal properties, and at first glace, this seemed plausible. However, the herb sage stems from Latin Salvia, from "salvus" meaning healthy (see "safe"). Sage, meaning wise, however, stems from "sapius" from "sapere," meaning to taste, or to have good taste, to be wise (through reflection or experience. 
There is no evidence that the two are or were linked, and they actually have different origins. -Merriam Websters Collegiate- 11th ed. 
Funsucker (talk) 18:58, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plant/Wise Man Etymology 

message: "Mopery-and-dopery-ectomy" from (in the Dab-secn "Sage#Elsewhere") 
 : * Sage Nunataks, two ice-free nunataks at the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica
to replace "nunataks" (btw, disregarding my vague impression that the adjective is  inherantly redundant when placed immed prec'g the noun),  with the actually descriptive, informative,  & Dab'n-facilitating "rocky protrusions" [from the the ice] prosthesis, which might help avoid, say the impression that they might be steam vents, fossilized walruses, or masses of seaweed. Please tolerate my (no-matter-how offensively practical) potential policy violation, and the prospect of my potentially insulting implicit redundancy [reflecting my preference for synonymy, however gauchely subtle, instead of by blatantly self-evident redundancy]). 
: If you prefer to put it this way, "Forgive an old fart of an admin who has nothing better (except drink cocoa) to do, as 3 a.m. local time approaches on a weekday morning."
 Jerzy•t 06:55, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  === Elsewhere === .... * [[Sage Nunataks]], two ice-free nunataks at the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica