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A person of practical wisdom will
{ 1 } - deal only with abstract concepts and universal principles.
{ 2 } - live outside the city-state and be regarded by all as crazy.
{ 3 } - act on the knowledge of particulars to promote the good.
{ 4 } - only act on a principle that he can will to be a universal law.
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A person of practical wisdom will
{ 1 } - deal only with abstract concepts and universal principles.
{ 2 } - live outside the city-state and be regarded by all as crazy.
{ 3 } - act on the knowledge of particulars to promote the good.
{ 4 } - only act on a principle that he can will to be a universal law.
You're thinking of Plato (or perhaps a stereotype of what Plato held)?
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A person of practical wisdom will
{ 1 } - deal only with abstract concepts and universal principles.
{ 2 } - live outside the city-state and be regarded by all as crazy.
{ 3 } - act on the knowledge of particulars to promote the good.
{ 4 } - only act on a principle that he can will to be a universal law.
You're thinking of Plato and the parable of the cave?
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A person of practical wisdom will
{ 1 } - deal only with abstract concepts and universal principles.
{ 2 } - live outside the city-state and be regarded by all as crazy.
{ 3 } - act on the knowledge of particulars to promote the good.
{ 4 } - only act on a principle that he can will to be a universal law.
This is Aristotle's view.
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A person of practical wisdom will
{ 1 } - deal only with abstract concepts and universal principles.
{ 2 } - live outside the city-state and be regarded by all as crazy.
{ 3 } - act on the knowledge of particulars to promote the good.
{ 4 } - only act on a principle that he can will to be a universal law.
You're thinking of Immanuel Kant? You're a few centuries off.
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