DOI: 10.4324/9780415249126-P052-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/thematic/wisdom/v-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/thematic/wisdom/v-1
Article Summary
In ancient times, wisdom was thought of as the type of knowledge needed to discern the good and live the good life. Philosophy takes its name from it (philosophía means love of wisdom). But wisdom is little evident as a subject of contemporary philosophical discussion. It is interesting to ask how the concept of wisdom has come to vanish almost entirely from the philosophical map.
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Smith, Nicholas D.. Wisdom, 1998, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-P052-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/thematic/wisdom/v-1.
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Smith, Nicholas D.. Wisdom, 1998, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-P052-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/thematic/wisdom/v-1.
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