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§ 1. We have seen that the virtue of Practical Wisdom comprehends all others, so far as virtuous conduct in each department necessarily results from a clear knowledge and choice of the true ultimate end or ends of action, and of the best means to the attainment of such end or ends.1 From this point of view, we may consider the names of the special virtues as denoting special departments of this knowledge; which it is now our business to examine more closely.
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Sidgwick, H. (1962). Benevolence. In: The Methods of Ethics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81786-3_19
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