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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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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy History of Western philosophy

• Full title: Rediscovery of Wisdom
• Subtitle: From Here to Antiquity in Quest of Sophia
• Author: David Conway
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 196
• EAN: 9780333747117
• ISBN: 0333747119
• ID: 04598775
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Weight: 380 g
• Dimensions: 224 × 144 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 31. July 2000

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