Guide

person, who with knowledge or wisdom of the subject matter, escorts others, e.g., travelers or tourists through unknown or unfamiliar locations

Guide is to lead or direct someone or something in a way; to conduct in a course or path. A person who leads travelers or tourists through unknown or unfamiliar locations is known as a guide. The term can also be applied to a person who leads others to more abstract goals such as knowledge or wisdom.

Quotes

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  • O vitæ philosophia dux!
    • O philosophy, life’s guide!
    • Cicero, Tusc. Quæst, Book V. 2. 5. Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 596-97.
  • Experience, next, to thee I owe,
    Best guide; not following thee, I had remain'd
    In ignorance; thou open'st wisdom's way,
    And giv'st access, though secret she retire.
  • Philosophy ... molds and constructs the soul; it orders our life, guides our conduct, shows us what we should do and what we should leave undone; it sits at the helm and directs our course as we waver amid uncertainties.
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