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Ideas for 'works', 'On the Happy Life' and 'Nicomachean Ethics'

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6 ideas

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

78	Wisdom is scientific and intuitive knowledge of what is by nature most precious [Aristotle]

5248	Wisdom does not study happiness, because it is not concerned with processes [Aristotle]

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There is practical wisdom (for action), and theoretical wisdom (for deep understanding) [Aristotle, by Whitcomb]

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People

2682	Aristotle thinks human life is not important enough to spend a whole life on it [Nagel on Aristotle]

103	Wise people can contemplate alone, though co-operation helps [Aristotle]

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A wise man is not subservient to anything [Seneca]