H. P. Grice on Homo sapiens sapiens

Sapiens: sophia: Cicero: ‘sapientia,’ as in Homo The Wise. usually translated as wisdom Ancient Greek philosophy, epistemology. In a popular sense, skillfulness in some craft. A wise person is the master of any skill, in contrast to an unskilled laborer, and this is a practical aspect to its meaning. However, Aristotle offered a technical account of wisdom as knowledge of general principles and absolutely first causes. This wisdom is concerned with permanent truths, including both demonstrative knowledge and knowledge of undemonstrable premises. In this use, wisdom is contrasted with craft and practical reason. In the Metaphysics, Aristotle claimed that he was seeking wisdom in this sense. Hence, sophia is equivalent to first philosophy. In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle considered wisdom to be a higher kind of intellectual virtue than practical reason. “Wisdom is the most exact form of knowledge.” Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics