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Phronesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (182 words) |
 | Phronesis is a term used by Aristotle in Nicomachean ethics to describe "practical wisdom" or the ability to act on what one knows are good for man. |
 | Most people feel nostalgic and have the idea they have wasted their lives when they are old. |
 | Phronesis has a lot to do with choosing the ends one should accomplish. |
| Sophie Haroutunian-Gordon - Aristotle's Phantasia and its Role within Phronesis: A Question (1765 words) |
 | I began, then, to wonder whether any harm had been rendered by working to illuminate the concept of phronesis using the concept of phantasia-phronesis being a concept that is developed in EN and as far as I know, not found in DA, which is said to have been written later than much of EN. |
 | Three characteristics of phronesis are suggested by this passage. |
 | To use it to illuminate the concept of phronesis, which is not part of a psychological story about how the mind works, may confuse or distort the meaning of phronesis, as it appears unrelated to sensory perception. |