Single Idea 11356

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 3. Greek-English Lexicon]

Full Idea

Phronesis: prudence, practical reason, common sense

Gist of Idea

Phronesis: prudence, practical reason, common sense

Source

PG (Db (lexicon) [c.1001 BCE], 71)


A Reaction

None of the experts use my own translation, which is 'common sense', but that seems to me to perfectly fit all of Aristotle's discussions of the word in 'Ethics'. 'Prudence' seems a daft translation in modern English.