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  • Chapter 2 - Theoretical and Practical Wisdom

  • Bryan C. Reece, University of Arkansas
  • Book:
    Aristotle on Happiness, Virtue, and Wisdom
    Published online:
    15 June 2023
    Print publication:
    29 June 2023, pp 31-61

  • Summary

    The first commonly held thesis that prevents solving the Conjunctive Problem is the Divergence Thesis, according to which Aristotle thinks that it is possible to possess theoretical wisdom and reliably manifest it in contemplation without possessing practical wisdom and reliably manifesting it in ethically virtuous activities. This thesis, though widely endorsed on the basis of a single passage, is false. The apparent support provided by that passage fades away on closer inspection. Once freed from the restrictive grip of the usual interpretation, we are prepared to understand Aristotles distinctive account of the motivations of intellectually virtuous agents. His account invites us to revisit assumptions about what the ideal epistemic agent looks like that have figured prominently in recent experimental philosophy.

  • Phronêsis vs Scepticism: An Early Modernist Perspective

  • Fernando Cervantes
  • Journal:
    New Blackfriars / Volume 91 / Issue 1036 / November 2010
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    01 January 2024, pp. 680-694
    Print publication:
    November 2010
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  • Taking advantage of the way in which Charles Taylor hinges his account of the rise of modern secularity around the year 1500, this article attempts a reassessment of some aspects of early modern thought which have been prominent in recent studies. In particular, it focuses on the thin boundary between illusion and reality, on the lure of scepticism, and on the changing role of the Aristotelian notion of phronêsis in human action.