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Warning for others: it's not signposted anywhere apart from half way through the article that the end of the article is paywalled.

Can't find a pw bypass but the following slide from a recent talk somewhat summarizes (the author) Prof Baehr's stance on intellectual virtues & vices that underpins his entire(?) outlook

https://youtu.be/xBVtO0XnQNA?t=12m58s

Compare those 3+3 to Aristotle's 5: intuitive understanding (nous), scientific knowledge (episteme), wisdom (sophia), art/skill (techne), and practical wisdom (phronesis).

Or to Laozi's (n)one--- as popularized by Alan Watts, not r/Stoicism

https://old.reddit.com/r/Stoicism/comments/5rbyzl/superior_v...

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