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Again, that is thought to be Practical Wisdom in the most proper

sense which has for its object the interest of the Individual:

and this usually appropriates the common name: the others are

called respectively Domestic Management, Legislation, Executive

Government divided into two branches, Deliberative and

Judicial.[28] Now of course, knowledge for one's self is one kind

of knowledge, but it admits of many shades of difference: and it

is a common notion that the man who knows and busies himself

about his own concerns merely is the man of Practical Wisdom,

while they who extend their solicitude to society at large are

considered meddlesome.