La saggezza pratica (phronesis) di Aristotele e la prudenza di Kant
This paper investigates the notion of practical wisdom (phronesis) in Aristotle and that of prudence (Klugheit) in Kant. For Aristotle phronesis is a practical intellectual virtue; it is the necessary condition for the development of ethical virtues, such as courage, temperance, justice... The phron...
| Published in: | Teologia |
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| Language: | Italian |
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Glossa
[2020]
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Teologia
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| RelBib Classification: | NBE Anthropology TB Antiquity TJ Modern history VA Philosophy |
| Summary: | This paper investigates the notion of practical wisdom (phronesis) in Aristotle and that of prudence (Klugheit) in Kant. For Aristotle phronesis is a practical intellectual virtue; it is the necessary condition for the development of ethical virtues, such as courage, temperance, justice... The phronimos, the wise man, is capable of deliberating well in the concrete situations. This practical character guides the subject in concrete experience of life; the concept will be evoked in the Christian context, with a focus on the cardinal virtue of prudence (prudentia). For Kant, prudence (Klugheit), the analogue of phronesis, does not belong to the moral sphere as it formulates hypothetical imperatives (more precisely empirical advices concerning one's own well-being). Such advices have nothing to do with the ideal of demanding life of consilia in medieval philosophical-theological reflection. For Kant, as a matter of fact, there is the prominence of (moral) precepts over advices. |
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| ISSN: | 1120-267X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Teologia
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