Shih

He explained that the etymon for shih was a simple word in Old Chinese; the Fravashi had fallen in love with this word, and they had borrowed and adapted it when they invented Moksha. From Moksha, the concept of shih had entered into the Language-- along with thousands of other concepts and words.

'Ah, ah, I've been saving it for the proper time,' Old Father said. 'In the Language, shih is elegance in using one's knowledge. But in Moksha, this broader meaning: Shih is recognizing and making sense of different _kinds_ of knowledge. It's the most brilliant art, this ability to guage the beauties and weaknesses of different worldviews.'"

--The Broken God, David Zindell

This is where the thoughtful entries go... or at least those entries intended to be thoughtful. This is where the engineering and computer science entries go; the book reviews, fact or fiction; and even the hobby entries... because I tend to be thoughtful about my hobbies, as well.