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Having surveyed the long trajectory of the Western intellectual tradition from its origins in classical Greek philosophy through the Baconian turn and forward to modern pragmatism, we are now in a position to make some assessments. We have seen that Western modernity as a distinctive world view begins with the peculiar genius of Sir. Francis Bacon, his critique of Aristotelianism and his re-conceptualization of the aim of knowledge and science as technological power. By now the fruits of this approach are clear and abundant.
We ought not to sail to the pillars of Hercules and run many dangers for the sake of wealth, while we spend neither labour nor money for wisdom –Aristotle . Protrepticus (Aristotle. Protrepticus. Frg. 52. Jaeger. Aristotle. 59–60.)
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Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics . X.vii.
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Epictetus. Discourses 3.10 (Olfather Trans.) quoted in Keith H. Seddon. Epictetus – at the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://www.iep.utm.edu/epictetu/#SH4a (accessed May 2018).
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Homer . Iliad. 9:411–416 in http://homer.library.northwestern.edu/ (May 6, 2018) I used this Richard Lattimore translation removing the Greek text, the underlining, and the numeration.
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Plato . Apology.29d-e.
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Jaeger. Paideia II, 39.
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Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics . I. Vii.23.
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Arisotle. Protrepticus. Frg. 52 quoted in Jaeger. Aristotle. Pg. 58 (my ital.).
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Ibid. Frg. 51, p. 57 in Jaeger.
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Plato . Meno. 78c-79a.
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Rosenthal-Pubul, A.S. (2018). The New Protrepticus: A Concluding Exhortation to the Theoretic Life. In: The Theoretic Life - A Classical Ideal and its Modern Fate. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02281-5_17
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