Sunday, March 23, 2014

OSSA 9 SOPHIA: The Five Intellectual Virtues

SOPHIA - S E N P T

SENse PiT

The Five Intellectual Virtues
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics


Theoretical

1. Sophia - wisdom
2. Episteme - scientific knowledge, empirical knowledge
3. Nous - reason

Practical

4. Phronesis - practical wisdom/prudence

Productive

5. Techne - craft knowledge, art, skill


Subjacent intellectual virtues in Aristotle:

Euboulia - deliberating well, deliberative excellence; thinking properly about the right end.
Sunesis - understanding, sagacity, astuteness, consciousness of why something is as it is. For example, the understanding you have of why a situation is as it is, prior to having phronesis.
Gnomê - judgement and consideration; allowing us to make equitable or fair decisions.
Deinotes - cleverness; the ability to carry out actions so as to achieve a goal.

EaSy GoD

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