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Philosophy: The Love of Wisdom | A Guide to Life

Eternalised

CHAPTER

The Power of Wisdom

Aristotle was a realist who brought the attention back to this world. Aristotle uses the word acratia for the lack of command of ourselves, which is what prevents us from doing the right thing. The Hellenistic philosophers agreed with Socrates that human beings are plunged in misery, anguish, and evil because they exist in ignorance. People are prevented from truly living, it was taught, because they are dominated by worries.

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