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...... Of the philosophers that I studied, I found that Aristotles views seemed the most reasonable. Given their relationship, it is no surprise that Aristotle and Plato shared some views. However, Aristotles approach to wisdom differed from Platos in a significant way; Aristotle recognized the subjective nature of knowledge and the truth. He believed that philosophers sought wisdom, and that wisdom was knowledge having to do with certain principles or causes. However, he also cautioned people to look at the principles and causes. For example, he believed that the nature of society helped determine whether a man was wise; a society of the insane would not consider a sane man wise, just as a society of the sane does not consider an insane man wise. Aristotle seemed to grasp the subjective nature of the truth, which is so very important in shaping ideas of wisdom and philosophy. After all, the important questions in philosophy, such as the nature of being, the nature of wisdom, and the inherent goodness of mankind, have very different answers based on the surrounding society. To ignore this is to ignore wisdom

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