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    It is not the case that The Stoic identification of virtue with knowledge commits a category error: practical wisdom guides action toward ends, but cannot itself constitute all ends worth pursuing.

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    • 1.For Stoics, virtue isn't mere technical knowledge but wisdom about what truly deserves pursuit—wisdom itself defines rational ends.
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    • 2.The distinction between knowledge and its object collapses if wisdom correctly identifies virtue as the only genuine good worth pursuing.
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    • 3.Practical wisdom guides action toward virtue, not separate external ends; virtue is both the means and the constitutive end.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Practical wisdom (phronesis) is instrumental—it determines means to ends, not the ends themselves that give life meaning.
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    • 2.Human flourishing requires diverse intrinsic goods (friendship, beauty, health) that knowledge alone cannot constitute or justify.
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    • 3.Identifying virtue with knowledge conflates an epistemic state with a dispositional excellence oriented toward external purposes.
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