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Single Idea 11242

[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / c. Philosophy as generalisation ]

Full Idea

Wisdom is knowledge having to do with certain principles [archas] and causes [aitias].

Gist of Idea

Wisdom is knowledge of principles and causes

Source

Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 0982a02)

Book Ref

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.6

The 7 ideas with the same theme [philosophy aims at broad generalisations]:

11242 Wisdom is knowledge of principles and causes [Aristotle]
19588 The highest aim of philosophy is to combine all philosophies into a unity [Novalis]
19598 Philosophy relies on our whole system of learning, and can thus never be complete [Novalis]
17992 The main aim of philosophy is to describe the whole Universe. [Moore,GE]
21829 Philosophy aims to understand how things (broadly understood) hang together (broadly understood) [Sellars]
3879 Philosophy aims to provide a theory of everything [Scruton]
14255 We understand things through their dependency relations [Fine,K]