Ron, how familiar are you with Jeff Brenner's work? I think your answer lies in the overarching concept of Jeff's research which is the difference between abstract and concrete thinking. Abstract is the thinking coming to us from the Greeks - pretty, good, love. "It is the thought that counts", etc. The concrete thinking of the ancients was about what they knew - the five senses. So if the word you are trying to deal with is only "in your head" you are on the Greek side. If the definition is concrete you can see, touch, smell, taste, or feel it and (almost) always put a physical action to it. When Jeff B. is writing his definition's he is taking the ancient approach of physical instead of philosophical thus wisdom would have to be more than head-knowing.
Dee
