Definitions
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- noun Practical judgment; the faculty of conducting one's self wisely.
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- noun philosophy The
virtue of "practicalwisdom " asposited byAristotle .
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Examples
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This last explanation seems decidedly preferable because the terms here used, particularly the word phronesis prudence, is not in its ordinary sense properly referable to God.
A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians 1797-1878 1860
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They leave out something essential--what classical philosopher Aristotle called practical wisdom his word was phronesis.
Barry Schwartz: Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing Barry Schwartz 2011
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With wisdom the apostle connects phronesis, which is here used much in the same sense as sunesis in Col. 1, 9, ` That ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. '
A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians 1797-1878 1860
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Pickstock argues that these two responsibilities are bridged with the notion of phronesis or prudence:
TELOSscope: The Telos Press blog Philip Crone <telosscope@telospress.com> 2009
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Aristotle called it "phronesis," or practical wisdom.
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He takes issue with Bent Flyvbjerg's book, Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How it Can Succeed Again, and his advocacy of "phronesis".
Archive 2008-04-01 Daniel Little 2008
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He takes issue with Bent Flyvbjerg's book, Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How it Can Succeed Again, and his advocacy of "phronesis".
The Perestroika debate in political science Daniel Little 2008
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Matt, that makes me think maybe there is something to the notion of phronesis, which can be identified here by its complete absence.
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Overall we need to remember that knowledge management is, to use the Greek, a matter of phronesis or practical wisdom; its the exercise of judgement and that can only be developed in action through the acquisition of habits.
Archive 2009-03-01 enowning 2009
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Overall we need to remember that knowledge management is, to use the Greek, a matter of phronesis or practical wisdom; its the exercise of judgement and that can only be developed in action through the acquisition of habits.
enowning enowning 2009
plumpesdenken commented on the word phronesis
the new phronesis in modernist studies
February 4, 2007
qms commented on the word phronesis
Of wisdom's constituent pieces
A chief is well-practiced noesis.
So nurse your capacity
For healthy sagacity
And nourish your skill at phronesis.
March 22, 2016
bilby commented on the word phronesis
Great qms limerick below. Banger.
March 25, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word phronesis
Bilby, you should add it to the list: best-of-qms-f3E-ECnAs3S
March 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word phronesis
Good call zu-keeper.
March 27, 2024