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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom

354	Wisdom makes virtue and true goodness possible [Plato]
	Full Idea: It is wisdom that makes possible courage and self-control and integrity or, in a word, true goodness.
	From: Plato (Phaedo [c.382 BCE], 069b)
	A reaction: Aristotle also says that prudence (phronesis) makes virtue possible.

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 3. Earlier European Philosophy / c. Later medieval philosophy

7823	Lucretius was rediscovered in 1417 [Grayling]
	Full Idea: Lucretius's 'De Rerum Natura' was rediscovered in 1417, after languishing forgotten for six centuries.
	From: A.C. Grayling (What is Good? [2003], Ch.5)
	A reaction: A wonder. Is it the greatest book of the ancient world - because it partially preserves the lost philosophy of great Democritus?

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent

370	Philosophy is a purification of the soul ready for the afterlife [Plato]
	Full Idea: Souls which have purified themselves sufficiently by philosophy will live after death without bodies.
	From: Plato (Phaedo [c.382 BCE], 114b)
	A reaction: Purifying it of what? Error, or desire, or narrow-mindedness, or the physical?