Meanings of repute wise in English

Such things never seem to have troubled Solomon, and I believe he was reputed wise.

This monarch is a man of small stature, but reputed wise beyond the wisdom of most men.

That therefore are reputed wise

Well, I tried to find out, by going to a man reputed wise, thinking to prove that there were wiser men.

I tried all the men reputed wise, one after the other, and made myself very unpopular, for the result was always the same.

But the reputed wise men of the world did not hail with joy the new illumination, but generally treated it as a new presumption.

Those reputed wise, considered the gospel scheme as foolishness; and the instrument which were chosen to propagate it were thought to be weak and contemptible.