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D. Conway
The Rediscovery of Wisdom [PDF ebook]
From Here to Antiquity in Quest of Sophia

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By reconstructing it and tracing its vicissitudes, David Conway rehabilitates a time-honoured conception of philosophy, originating in Plato and Aristotle, which makes theoretical wisdom its aim. Wisdom is equated with possessing a demonstrably correct understanding of why the world exists and has the broad character it does. Adherents of this conception maintained the world to be the demonstrable creation of a divine intelligence in whose contemplation supreme human happiness resides. Their claims are defended against various latter-day scepticisms.

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Format PDF ● Pages 208 ● ISBN 9780230597129 ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Published 2000 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4970831 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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