phronesis

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Definition of phronesis in English English dictionary

The virtue of "practical wisdom" as posited by Aristotle

(Felsefe) Phronesis in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is the virtue of moral thought, usually translated "practical wisdom", sometimes as "prudence"

Etymology

() From Ancient Greek φρόνησις (“practical wisdom”) φρονεῖν (phronein, “to think”) φρήν (phrēn, “mind”).