phronesis

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Bragging about one's personal practical experience (phronesis) is also a form of ethos.

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  • Bragging about one's personal practical experience (phronesis) is also a form of ethos. —  Soob
  • When, by reference to something known for certain, it examines what it has found, it is said to know or to be wise, which belongs to "phronesis" or "wisdom"; for "it belongs to the wise man to judge," as the Philosopher says (Metaph. —  Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition
  • ([Greek: phronesis]), or with a view to _make_ ([Greek: techne]). —  Ethics
  • If Contingent, Action ([Greek: phronesis]), —  Ethics
  • Pickstock argues that these two responsibilities are bridged with the notion of phronesis or prudence: —  TELOSscope: The Telos Press blog
 

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  1. New Latin, from Greek φρόνησις, practical wisdom, from φρονεῖν, think, from φρήν, mind: see phren.
 

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