This chapter gives a family tree. At the end of the family tree is Philosophy.
perception + memory = experience
experience + reason = Arts
contemplative arts + leisure = Wisdom
Wisdom is analogous to philosophy. It is the art of knowing first causes. To understand this better, lets look at the comparison between Art and Experience.
Experience is working at a problem without knowing how to solve it. Somewhat similar but boldly different, art is a reasoned account in solving a problem that has already been solved. The main difference is someone with knowledge knows the cause of the problem.
Philosophy extracts from Art it's essential juices: the first cause and origins. But of what? The answer starts in chapter 2.
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