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Originally Posted by Imzadi
Judgement = labeling and differentiating something by way of the ego often times accompanied by feelings of superiority or inferiority
Discernment = perceiving and understanding something logically or intuitively without the influence of the ego thus feelings of superiority or inferiority are absent.
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Your understanding of and differentiation between the
concepts of 'judgment' and 'discernment' has a certain logic and hence possibility of being useful, Imzadi.
I would suggest that you don't make too BIG a thing of it, however, since
your understandings and differentiations relating thereto idiosyncratically differ
considerably from what such terms are
generally understood to mean by the English speaking public.
Same comment applies to your statements in said regards also, Jyotir, as well as to the pro-announcements of several other erudite folks here.
From Merriam Webster's:
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Definition of judgment
1 a : the process of forming an opinion or evaluation by discerning and comparing
usage: careful judgment of the odds
b : an opinion or estimate so formed
usage: is not worth doing in my judgment
2 a : the capacity for judging : discernment
usage: be guided by your own judgment
usage: showing poor judgment
b : the exercise of this capacity
usage: a situation requiring careful judgment
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As the quote from The Bhagavad Gita (with a small word change) says: "As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled [logician] can wrest from any scripture that which will serve
his purpose."
