THE ESSENTIAL CONNECTION BETWEEN COMMON SENSE PHILOSOPHY AND LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE

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THE ESSENTIAL CONNECTION BETWEEN COMMON SENSE PHILOSOPHY AND LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE

Journal Title: Studia Gilsoniana - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue

Abstract

This article argues that, strictly speaking, from its inception with the an-cient Greeks and for all time, philosophy and science are identical and consist in an essential relationship between a specific type of understand-ing of the human person as possessed of an intellectual soul capable of being habituated and a psychologically-independent composite whole, or organization. It maintains, further, that absence of either one of the ex-tremes of this essential relationship cannot be philosophy/science and, if mistaken for such and applied to the workings of cultural institutions, will generate anarchy within human culture and make leadership excellence impossible to achieve. Finally, it argues that only a return to this “common sense” understanding of philosophy can generate the leadership excellence that can save the West from its current state of cultural and civilizational anarchy.

Authors and Affiliations

Peter A. Redpath

Keywords

aim analogy anarchy art body of knowledge cause common sense communication comprehensive understanding concept contrary contrariety culture demonstration demonstrative equality emotion end excellence existence explanation fear genus habit happiness harmony hierarchically ordered history hope human humanist inequality judgment knowledge language leadership logic mathematics memory metaphysics multitude nature operational opposite order part person philosophy physical poetry principle quality reason receptivity relationship renaissance resistance rhetoric science soul species strength syllogism system truth West Western civilization unity universe virtue whole wonder

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