Single Idea 5248

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom]

Full Idea

Wisdom studies none of the things that go to make a man happy, because it is not concerned with any kind of process.

Gist of Idea

Wisdom does not study happiness, because it is not concerned with processes

Source

Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1143b20)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.221


A Reaction

This seems to be a very Platonic view, and not really consistent with Aristotle's overall metaphysics. It strikes me as simply wrong. Maybe all of reality is a process, and wisdom is then a maximum understanding of that process.