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Tag Archives: Practical Wisdom
Relevant Complexity 5) Age
Talking to someone at work, she said she’d been surprised that a very experienced chap in his late 50s had come on a training course. We concluded that age shouldn’t matter in deciding who gets training. I know plenty of … Continue reading
Posted in Aristotle, Ethics, Life, Work
Tagged Age, Aquinas, Aristotle, Curiosity, Experience, Friends in Contemplation, Oldie but Goodie, Openness, Practical Wisdom, Prudentia, Relevant Complexity
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Pig Ignorant
Chugging my way through the 400th Anniversary Edition of the King James Bible, I discover the narrative pace slackens consideerrraaaabbbbbllllyyyy towards the end of Exodus and the beginning of Leviticus. Having knocked together the world and all that ‘creepeth’ on … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged 400th Anniversary, Cloven Hooves, Customs, Ignorance, King James Bible, Laws, Paws, Practical Wisdom
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In Praise of ‘Prudentia’
The virtue of ‘Prudentia’ In Aquinas’s teaching, Is ‘practical wisdom’ in Choice and decision. It’s a Bayesian thing, Not just logical stages. Which a life of experience And virtue engages. Grounded in reason But felt in the boots, You can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Aristotle, Ethics, Life, Odysseus, Philosophy, Poetry, Work
Tagged Aquinas, Bayesian Brain, Good Sense, Gut, Judgement, Poetry, Practical Wisdom, Prudentia
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Crystallisation
At the core of Aristotle’s account of ethics and virtue is ‘Prohairesis’ – the central moral character. I increasingly think of it like a copper sulphate crystal growing on a piece of thread. When you do the classic school experiment, … Continue reading
Posted in Aristotle, Ethics, Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Work
Tagged Aquinas, Aristotle, Copper Sulphate, Crystals, Deliberation, Herbert McCabe, Imperfections, Practical Wisdom, Prohairesis, Prudentia, Taking Time, Virtue, Wisdom
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