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These considerations therefore show that Wisdom is both Scientific Knowledge and
Intuitive Intelligence as regards the things of the most exalted1 nature. This is why people say that men like
Anaxagoras and Thales2 ‘may be wise
but are not prudent,’ when they see them display ignorance of their own
interests; and while admitting them to possess a knowledge that is rare, marvellous,
difficult and even superhuman, they yet declare this knowledge to be useless, because
these sages do not seek to know the things that are good for human beings.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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