Question

Why knowledge without justice is cunning rather than wisdom?

Answer 1

Answer:

In this quote, I believe he is talking about the fact that knowledge doesn’t have morals built into it. Fire can be used to keep you warm, or it can be used to kill you. Fire has no morals, only the people who use it have morals (or are lacking them). Here I use the word morals in place of justice, as both refer to a proper and beneficial use compared to an improper or harmful use of knowledge.

Those who put knowledge to a moral or good use are considered wise. Those who put knowledge to use for immoral or ill use are considered cunning. The knowledge is the same, but the use it is put to, whether there is justice or morals in the application, will determine the label we place on it.