The Rediscovery of Wisdom: From Here to Antiquity in Quest of Sophia

by D Conway

By reconstructing it and tracing its vicissitudes, David Conway rehabilitates a time-honoured conception of philosophy, originating in Plato and Aristotle, which makes theoretical wisdom its aim. Wisdom is equated with possessing a demonstrably correct understanding of why the world exists and has the broad character it does. Adherents of this conception maintained the world to be the demonstrable creation of a divine intelligence in whose contemplation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349410950
• ISBN13: 9781349410958
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"