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Comment author: simplicio 27 May 2010 12:38:38PM 0 points [-]

..."well-rounded human being" seems to incorporate an assumption that something is "wrong" with rational people that is "right" with others...

I would say, not wrong but insufficient. I like the distinction that virtue ethics makes: sophia is wisdom in the sense of thinking correctly about facts, whereas phronesis is practical wisdom; i.e., "doing the right things, to the right people, at the right time."