Some Virtues of the Philosopher:
– Intellectual Courage (thus tending to nonconformity)
– Analytic Intelligence
– Aesthetic Aptitude (for the creation of philosophic content and literary style)
– A Resolve to modify views according to new reasons and findings
– A Habit of thinking through and beyond established words, terms, concepts
– A Thorough Knowledge of one’s field (and a good knowledge of others)
– “An Open Mind but not so open that your brains fall out!”
– Socratic Humility (accepting complete knowledge to be humanly infeasible)
– A Desire to uncover then question presuppositions
– Clear Exposition without sacrifice to style
Florensky and Bulgakov, by Nesterov