Here's a new draft that stitches together some material from two previous (conference) papers, and that I'm calling "Patience and Practical Wisdom." It will look rather familiar to regular visitors. Nonetheless, feedback would be appreciated. I begin with a quote from Weil--“We do not have to understand new things, but by dint of patience, effort and method to come to understand with our whole self the truths which are evident” (Gravity and Grace, p. 116)--and suggest a focus on the role of patience in promoting the development and exercise of practical wisdom. I have a feeling that I may not have said as much as some would prefer (or insist upon) about what practical wisdom itself is, and that perhaps there's more gesturing than arguing (again, at least that some might think there's an imbalance here). You tell me.
I hope my readers are having a good summer; I know Duncan Richter is.
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