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Sage
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People
- A "sage" is any wise teacherTeacherA teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
, someone who imparts wisdomWisdomWisdom is a deep understanding and realization of people, things, events or situations, resulting in the ability to apply perceptions, judgements and actions in keeping with this understanding. It often requires control of one's emotional reactions so that universal principles, reason and...
or the perennial philosophyPerennial philosophyPerennial philosophy is the notion of the universal recurrence of philosophical insight independent of epoch or culture, including universal truths on the nature of reality, humanity or consciousness .-History:The idea of a perennial philosophy has great...
, including spiritual teachers and teachers of mysticismMysticismMysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...
but not necessarily with such religious connotations, so may refer to a: - Wise old manWise old manThe wise old man is an archetype as described by Carl Jung, as well as a classic literary figure, and may be seen as a stock character...
, a kind, wise, paternal figure, often archetypalArchetypeAn archetype is a universally understood symbol or term or pattern of behavior, a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated...
or stereotypicalStereotypeA stereotype is a popular belief about specific social groups or types of individuals. The concepts of "stereotype" and "prejudice" are often confused with many other different meanings... - PhilosopherPhilosophyPhilosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
, particularly one distinguished for wisdom, depth, or sound judgment - PoetPoetA poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, particularly of transcendentalTranscendentalismTranscendentalism is a philosophical movement that developed in the 1830s and 1840s in the New England region of the United States as a protest against the general state of culture and society, and in particular, the state of intellectualism at Harvard University and the doctrine of the Unitarian...
or devotional poetry - RabbiRabbiIn Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
, PriestPriestA priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
, or other clergyClergyClergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. A clergyman, churchman or cleric is a member of the clergy, especially one who is a priest, preacher, pastor, or other religious professional....
man or religious leader - Sage (Sophos)Sage (Sophos)In the Symposium, Plato draws a distinction between a philosopher and a sage . The difference is explained through the concept of love, which lacks the object it seeks. Therefore the philosopher does not have the wisdom he or she seeks. The sage, on the other hand, does not love, or seek, wisdom...
, a Stoic wise man - Sage (name)Sage (name)Sage is a family name and a unisex given name. It can also be spelled Saige or Sayge. Its meaning is "herb" or "prophet".Notable people with the family name include:*Adriana Sage, Mexican American pornographic actress...
, a surname and given name (article includes a list of people with the name)
Plants
- Ornamental and medicinal plants of the mint family, LamiaceaeLamiaceaeThe mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...
:- SalviaSalviaSalvia is the largest genus of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, with approximately 700-900 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. It is one of several genera commonly referred to as sage. When used without modifiers, sage generally refers to Salvia officinalis ; however, it is...
, a large genus- Salvia officinalis (common sage), a small evergreen subshrub used as a culinary herb
- PerovskiaPerovskiaPerovskia is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. Members of the genus are native to southwestern and central Asia. It comprises seven species, including the garden plant Russian Sage ....
, a genus of seven species, closely related to Salvia- Perovskia atriplicifolia (Russian Sage), a deciduous perennial grown as an ornamental
- PhlomisPhlomisPhlomis is a genus of about 100 species of herbaceous plants, subshrubs and shrubs in the family Lamiaceae, native from the Mediterranean region east across central Asia to China. Common names include Jerusalem Sage and Lampwick Plant....
, a genus of about 100 species of herbaceous plants, subshrubs and shrubs- Phlomis fruticosaPhlomis fruticosaPhlomis fruticosa is a perennial herb of the Lamiaceae family, native to Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Turkey, and regions of the former Yugoslavia....
(Jerusalem Sage), a perennial herb
- Phlomis fruticosa
- Salvia
- Artemisia (genus)Artemisia (plant)Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae. It comprises hardy herbs and shrubs known for their volatile oils. They grow in temperate climates of the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, usually in dry or semi-dry...
, a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 to 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae- Artemisia tridentataArtemisia tridentataArtemisia tridentata is a shrub or small tree from the family Asteraceae. Some botanists treat it in the segregate genus Seriphidium, as S. tridentatum W. A. Weber, but this is not widely followed...
, Sagebrush, Big Sagebrush, Common Sagebrush, Blue Sagebrush, or Black Sagebrush
- Artemisia tridentata
- Eriogonum jamesiiEriogonum jamesiiEriogonum jamesii is a species of wild buckwheat known by the common name James' buckwheat and Antelope sage. It is native to southwestern North America, in: Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Nebraska....
(Antelope Sage, James's Buckwheat), a perennial herb of the knotweed family Polygonaceae - Krascheninnikovia lanataKrascheninnikovia lanataKrascheninnikovia lanata is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family known by the common name Winterfat. It is native to much of western North America: from central Western Canada; through the Western United States; to Northern Mexico...
(Winterfat, informally called White Sage), a shrub of the goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae - LeucophyllumLeucophyllumLeucophyllum is a genus of evergreen shrubs in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae, native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is sometimes placed in the family Myoporaceae...
, a genus of evergreen shrubs in the family Plantaginaceae- Leucophyllum frutescensLeucophyllum frutescensLeucophyllum frutescens is an evergreen shrub in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae, native to the state of Texas in the southwestern United States and the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas in northern Mexico. Although commonly known as Texas Sage, it is not a true sage and is...
(Texas Sage)
- Leucophyllum frutescens
- Tetradymia canescensTetradymia canescensTetradymia argyraea is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names spineless horsebrush and gray horsebrush. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to New Mexico, where it grows in sagebrush, woodlands, forest, scrubby open plains,...
(Spineless Horsebrush, informally called Black Sage), a shrub of the sunflower family AsteraceaeAsteraceaeThe Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies... - Coastal sage scrubCoastal sage scrubCoastal sage scrub is a low scrubland plant community found in the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion of coastal California and northern Baja California. It is characterized by low-growing aromatic, and drought-deciduous shrubs adapted to the semi-arid Mediterranean climate of the...
, a low scrubland plant community
Organizations
- SAGE PublicationsSAGE PublicationsSAGE is an independent academic publisher of books, journals, and electronic products in the humanities and social sciences and the scientific, technical, and medical fields. SAGE was founded in 1965 by George McCune and Sara Miller McCune. The company is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California,...
, an academic publishing company - SAGE (organization)SAGE (organization)SAGE is the USENIX Special Interest Group for Sysadmins, an international nonprofit professional association of system administrators.SAGE describes itself thus:Its goal is to serve the system administration community by:...
, a professional organization for IT system administrators - Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE), a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT older adults
- Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic SurgeonsSociety of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic SurgeonsThe Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons is a non-profit organization of surgeons. It describes itself thus: SAGES represents a worldwide community of surgeons that can bring minimal access surgery, endoscopy and emerging techniques to patients in every country...
(SAGES), a professional organization for minimally invasive surgeons - The Sage CollegesThe Sage CollegesThe Sage Colleges is a private educational institution comprising three colleges in New York:Russell Sage College, a women's college in Troy, New York, Sage College of Albany, a co-educational college in Albany, New York, and the Sage Graduate School, which operates both in Troy and in...
, a private educational institution located in New York - Sage GroupSage GroupThe Sage Group plc , commonly known as Sage, is a global enterprise software company headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. It is the world's third-largest supplier of enterprise resource planning software , the largest supplier to small businesses, and has 6.1 million customers...
, producers of software (especially accounting software) - Sage TelecomSage TelecomSage Telecom, Inc was founded in 1996 as a CLEC reselling telecommunications primarily in rural markets served by SBC Communications. Currently the company provides local phone service, local bundled phone service and dial up internet access in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana,...
, a U.S. telecommunications company - SAGE Computer TechnologySAGE Computer TechnologySAGE Computer Technology was a computer company based in Reno, Nevada, United States.Founded in 1981 by Rod Coleman, Bill Bonham and Bob Needham; it went through several name changes. The change from Sage computer came about when "Sage Software" in Maryland demanded the cease of using the name Sage...
, former name of a U.S. computer manufacturer, later named "Stride Computers" - Sage SASage SASAGE SA is a privately held software publisher with customers in the banking and finance industries. SAGE has its headquarters in Switzerland, and branches in Dubai and Singapore.-History:...
, a software publishing company for banking and finance industries - SAGE-AUSAGE-AUSAGE-AU is an Australian non-profit professional association of system administrators. SAGE-AU was originally formed to provide the same services for Australian system administrators as the SAGE organisation did in the United States, but is completely independent of that entity, and has been since...
, an Australian professional association of system administrators - The Sage Gateshead, a centre for musical education, performance and conferences
- SAGE - Society for the Advancement of Gooder English https://www.facebook.com/groups/271590068031/10150555240863032/, a group dedicated to the preservation of the English Language, principally through making fun of speling and, grammatical mistake's
Places
- Sage, California
- Sage, Kern County, CaliforniaSage, Kern County, CaliforniaSage is a former settlement in Kern County, California.It was located in the Mojave Desert, on the Southern Pacific Railroad north-northwest of Mojave, at an elevation of 2864 feet . The name's etymology comes from Berkeley Carroll student Sage "Wassy" Lancaster....
- Sage, Riverside County, California
- Sage, Kern County, California
Characters
- Sage, a Blue Sentient from the TV show Hot Wheels Battle Force 5Hot Wheels Battle Force 5Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 is an American/Canadian 3D CGI television series created by Mattel, Nelvana, and Nerd Corps Entertainment. A two-episode preview aired on the Cartoon Network in the United States on August 24, 2009. In Cartoon Network India it is starting from April 30, 2010 and in Cartoon...
- Sage (comics)Sage (comics)Sage, also known as Tessa, is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe. She has most often been associated with the X-Men and the Hellfire Club, whom she spied upon for Professor Charles Xavier....
, a comic book superhero, X-Men member - Sage the Owl, a character in The HerbsThe HerbsThe Herbs is a television series for young children made for the BBC by Graham Clutterbuck's FilmFair company. It was written by Michael Bond , directed by Ivor Wood using 3D stop motion model animation and first transmitted from 12 February 1968 in the BBC1 Watch with Mother timeslot...
- Sage, a recurring character class in the Final FantasyFinal Fantasyis a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix . The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science-fantasy role-playing video games , but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and other merchandise...
series - Sage, a radio channel hostess from Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasGrand Theft Auto: San AndreasGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a 2004 open world action video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the third 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, the fifth original console release and eighth game overall...
- Sage, a character in the Shuffle! series
- The Sages, a group of recurring characters in The Legend of Zelda series
- Sage, a character class in the Fire EmblemFire Emblemis a fantasy tactical role-playing video game franchise developed by Intelligent Systems , the maker of Advance Wars , and published by Nintendo...
series - Sarda the Sage, a character in the webcomic 8-Bit Theater
- Toad Sage, a Naruto character
- Sage, one of the 25 unlockable characters in Maxis's Action RPG Darkspore
- Ansem the Wise from Kingdom Hearts
- Pansage, a Pokémon
Software
- Sage (mathematics software), free and open-source mathematics software system written in Python
- SageSage GroupThe Sage Group plc , commonly known as Sage, is a global enterprise software company headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. It is the world's third-largest supplier of enterprise resource planning software , the largest supplier to small businesses, and has 6.1 million customers...
, a business software system - Sage (Mozilla Firefox extension)Sage (Mozilla Firefox extension)Sage is a lightweight RSS and atom feed aggregator extension for the Mozilla Firefox web browser. The extension was developed by Peter Andrews and Erik Arvidsson. The current stable release of Sage is version 1.4.12, released on June 16, 2011....
, news aggregator extension for the browser - SAGE (game engine), a game engine used by Westwood Studios and Electronic Arts for real-time strategy games
Military Equipment
- Semi Automatic Ground EnvironmentSemi Automatic Ground EnvironmentThe Semi-Automatic Ground Environment was an automated control system for tracking and intercepting enemy bomber aircraft used by NORAD from the late 1950s into the 1980s...
, an automated 1950s-era air defense control system for tracking enemy bombers by NORAD - USS Sage (AM-111)USS Sage (AM-111)USS Sage was an acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing....
, Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy
Other
- Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health, a study run by the World Health Organization
- Serial analysis of gene expressionSerial Analysis of Gene ExpressionSerial analysis of gene expression is a technique used by molecular biologists to produce a snapshot of the messenger RNA population in a sample of interest in the form of small tags that correspond to fragments of those transcripts. The original technique was developed by Dr. Victor Velculescu...
, molecular biology technique for measuring mRNA levels - Sage writingSage writingSage writing is term used to describe a genre of creative nonfiction popular in the Victorian era. The concept originates with John Holloway's 1953 book The Victorian Sage: Studies in Argument....
, form of literary non-fiction popular in the Victorian era - Sage Hill SchoolSage Hill SchoolSage Hill School is a private independent co-educational college preparatory school for day students in grades 9-12. The school was founded in 1999, the first year it filed a Form 990 with the IRS. According to its 2000 Private School Affidavit filed with the state of California, it opened in...
, college-preparatory school in California - One of the 7 Oceans in Yohoho! Puzzle PiratesYohoho! Puzzle PiratesYohoho! Puzzle Pirates is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Three Rings Design. The player takes the role of a pirate, adventuring on the high seas and pillaging money from roaming enemy ships . The mechanics of Puzzle Pirates are driven by puzzles...
- SAGE (Soviet–American Gallium Experiment), a radiochemical experiment in solar neutrino physics
- The Sage SchoolThe Sage SchoolThe Sage School is a private, co-educational, K-8th grade school serving the academically gifted located in Foxboro, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1990, taking the previous Foxboro public school facility...
, a suburban private school located in Foxboro, MA serving children grades Pre-K-8 - Russell Sage CollegeRussell Sage CollegeRussell Sage College is a women's college located in Troy, New York, approximately north of New York City in the Capital District. It is one of the three colleges that make up The Sage Colleges...
, a private women's college in Troy, NY