id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_t7xicvoqfvdmtpw2txapxg3yiq Daniel A. Kaufman Knowledge, Wisdom, and the Philosopher 2006 23 .pdf application/pdf 9927 466 56 the dominant or 'mainline' tradition in philosophy, the primary preoccupation of philosophers has been with knowledge, and not only 7-9), although our respective conceptions of what wisdom consists of differ substantially and our inquiries into the subject stem from what are substantially different political orientations (though it appears to me that we philosophy, were busying themselves with its more specific application to social, political, and even ethical subjects, arguing that rather than looking to the opinions and practices of our predecessors for guidance in how we ought to live, we should instead determine our social, and political forms of life—even our morals—on branch of physics, the main concern of which is with the causal relations that govern human sentiments or, as Hobbes put it, 'consequences from the passions of men'.19 Despite criticisms from communitarians, Christian humanists, conservatives, and others, this by science to human life is a matter of moral, social, and political ./cache/work_t7xicvoqfvdmtpw2txapxg3yiq.pdf ./txt/work_t7xicvoqfvdmtpw2txapxg3yiq.txt