The prudence and the virtues of scientific part of rational soul: a study on the Book VI of Nicomachean Ethics

Authors

  • Fernando Rodrigues Montes D'Oca

Keywords:

Prudence, Virtues of scientific part, Universals, Particulars

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to trace, according to Book VI of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, a comparative frame between the intellectual virtue of prudence, virtue of calculative part of rational soul, and the three intellectual virtues of scientific part of rational soul, scientific knowledge, intuitive reason and theoretical wisdom. To that end, adopts as reasoning line the relationship of this virtues with the things whose first principles cannot be otherwise, or universals, and with the things whose first principles can be otherwise, or particulars and last facts.

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Published

2013-09-13

How to Cite

D’OCA, F. R. M. The prudence and the virtues of scientific part of rational soul: a study on the Book VI of Nicomachean Ethics. Controvérsia (UNISINOS) - ISSN 1808-5253, São Leopoldo, v. 6, n. 2, p. 01–18, 2013. Disponível em: https://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/controversia/article/view/5203. Acesso em: 21 may. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 2 (2010)

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