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In Aristotle's work, phronesis is the intellectual virtue that helps turn one's moral instincts into practical action. [4] [10] He writes that moral virtues help any person to achieve the end, and that phronesis is what it takes to discover the means to gain that end. [4] Without moral virtues, phronesis degenerates into an inability to make ...
Aristotle's ethics builds upon earlier Greek thought, particularly that of his teacher Plato and Plato's teacher, Socrates.While Socrates left no written works, and Plato wrote dialogues and possibly a few letters, Aristotle wrote treatises in which he sets forth philosophical doctrines directly.
Aristotle includes techne and episteme in his five virtues of intellect: episteme, techne, phronesis, sophia, and nous. [ 6 ] [ 14 ] In Nicomachean Ethics , Aristotle wrote that techne not only meant craft but also production (for example: the production of a ship). [ 14 ]
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In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle gives a lengthy account of the virtue phronesis (Ancient Greek: ϕρόνησις)—traditionally translated as "prudence", although this has become problematic as the modern usage of that word
Aristotle saw phronesis as essential for ethical living, arguing that virtuous actions require both knowledge and experience. This concept of practical wisdom later influenced virtue ethics and modern discussions of decision-making.
Aristotle considered ethics to be a practical rather than theoretical study, i.e., one aimed at becoming good and doing good rather than knowing for its own sake. He wrote several treatises on ethics, most notably including the Nicomachean Ethics. [139] Aristotle taught that virtue has to do with the proper function (ergon) of a thing. An eye ...
Actuality is often used to translate both energeia (ἐνέργεια) and entelecheia (ἐντελέχεια) (sometimes rendered in English as entelechy). Actuality comes from Latin actualitas and is a traditional translation, but its normal meaning in Latin is 'anything which is currently happening.'