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The Selfishness of Practical Wisdom

Posted on February 1, 2015 by | 3 comments

In Book Six of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle discusses the different states of the soul in order to achieve virtue. He describes each of them and the components of each. One distinction he made caught my attention. Continue reading →

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Deliberate Youth

Posted on January 31, 2015 by | 1 comment

In Book VI, Socrates discusses several different topics such as practical wisdom, art, philosophical wisdom, political wisdom, wisdom, and knowledge, but the topic most intriguing to me is the idea of practical wisdom.  Continue reading →

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