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Plato and Aristotle on the Nature of Wisdom - In which an attempt is made to draw from Aristotle's 'Nichomachean Ethics' and Plato's 'Apology' a coherent theory of wisdom to serve as the basis of the following discussion. 18 2. Moderate Realism as the Epistemic and Metaethical Basis of Wisdom. - In which the kind of moral realism and free will which seem to be entailed by the ancient theories of wisdom are adapted into an epistemic attitude of good-humoured forgiveness which will serve as a metaethical basis for the whole discussion of wisdom. 37 3. An Amalgamation of Philosophy and Anthropology as the Best Method for Gaining Wisdom. - In which an outline is offered for the kind of virtue which will be looked for in this investigation and a model of (moral) learning is suggested (based on an amalgam of anthropological and philosophical methods) which can act as the means by which the investigation can be pursued.