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    It is not the case that Acts of volition and choice must be made objects of systematic investigation.

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    • 1.Systematic investigation presupposes stable, universal categories, but volitional acts are irreducibly particular and context-dependent.
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    • 2.Aristotle himself held that practical wisdom (phronesis) resists reduction to theoretical science, operating through perception of particulars rather than systematic rules.
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    • 3.What cannot be universalized without distortion should not be made the object of systematic scientific inquiry.
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    • 1.Al-Ghazali argued that the inner determinants of volition are ultimately traceable to divine causation, rendering human systematic investigation of choice epistemically incomplete.
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    • 2.If the ultimate causes of volitional acts exceed human cognitive access, then systematic investigation yields only proximate descriptions, not genuine understanding.
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    • 1.Perfection of the human intellect cannot be attained by nature, soul, and intellect alone.
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    • 2.Acts generated by volition and choice depend on the practical intellect and are necessary for attaining perfection.
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    • 3.Whatever is necessary for attaining human perfection must be investigated.
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