... . Plato's republic assigned individuals to careers by way of education. The first of the citizens who failed in the education were assigned to businessmen and traders. Those remaining would learn geometry and mathematics. The batch of failures in this group would comprise the military. The final, few elite would learn what he considered the most important: philosophy. They would also learn ... also comes from Phaedo, "...the greater for the less like coins, but that they only valid currency for which all these things should be exchanged is wisdom." In practice Platonic criticism is part ...

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... in his form. Each could be reformulated into a basic case and the conclusion came from within the question. Of the six logic works, only one, the Prior Analytics, expounds formal geometry, as Aristotle himself understood the subject. Only one of six works on logic, deal with formal logic as Aristotle understood the subject. The five others deal with types of reasoning ... of action is best supported by reasons." What he means is that practical wisdom cannot be obtained by learning general rules. The only way a person can be wise is through practice of the deliberative, emotional, and so...

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