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And for this reason these are thought to be simply gifts of

nature; and whereas no man is thought to be Scientific by nature,

men are thought to have γνώμη, and Judiciousness, and Practical

Intuition: a proof of which is that we think these faculties are

a consequence even of particular ages, and this given age has

Practical Intuition and γνώμη, we say, as if under the notion

that nature is the cause. And thus Intuition is both the

beginning and end, because the proofs are based upon the one kind

of extremes and concern the other.

And so[46] one should attend to the undemonstrable dicta and

opinions of the skilful, the old and the Practically-Wise, no

less than to those which are based on strict reasoning, because

they see aright, having gained their power of moral vision from

experience.

Chapter XII.