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Phronesis logo #10101) Ancient Greek ethic 2) Ancient philosophy journal 3) Concept in ethics 4) English-language journal
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Phronesis

Phronesis logo #21000 Phronesis (φρόνησις, phronēsis) is a Greek word for a type of wisdom or intelligence, which is a common topic of discussion in philosophy. In Aristotelian ethics, for example in the Nicomachean Ethics, it is distinguished from other words for wisdom and intellectual virtues – such as episteme and techne – as the virtue of practical th...
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phronesis

phronesis logo #21001(fro-ne´sis) in bioethics, the virtue of practical wisdom, the capacity for moral insight to discern what moral choice or course of action is most conducive to the good of the agent or the activity in which the agent is engaged.
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phronesis logo #21009phronesis 1. Soundness of mind or of judgment. 2. Wisdom in choosing aims and in the ways of achieving those aims.
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Phronesis logo #23196Greek, practical wisdom; common sense.
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Phronesis

Phronesis logo #21203(Gr. phronesis) Practical wisdom, or knowledge of the proper ends of conduct and of the means of attaining them; distinguished by Aristotle both from theoretical knowledge or science, and from technical skill. See Aristotelianism. -- G.R.M.
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