The Rediscovery of Wisdom : From Here to Antiquity in Quest of Sophia

Book Description
By reconstructing it and tracing its vicissitudes, David Conway rehabilitates a time-honored conception of philosophy, originating in Plato and Aristotle, which makes theoretical wisdom its aim. Wisdom is equated with possessing a demonstrably correct understanding of why the world exists and has the broad character it does. Adherents of this conception maintained the world to be the demonstrable creation of a divine intelligence in whose contemplation supreme human happiness resides. Their claims are defended against various latter-day skepticisms.



About the Author
David Conway is Professor of Philosophy at Middlesex University. His previous publications include A Farewell to Marx and Classical Liberalism.



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Finding that today's philosophy has abandoned the search for wisdom in favor of lesser aspirations, Conway (philosophy, Middlesex U.) strives to revive the ancient and ambitious quest. In this journey, he says, philosophy seeks to understand why the world exists, and why it has the broad characteristics it does. He traces the conception back to Plato and Aristotle, arguing that contrary to much of the current received opinion, they both supposed the world to be the demonstrable creation of a divine intelligence in whose contemplation supreme human happiness resides. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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