Φρόνησις
understanding, judgement
Translated by David Whitehead22 Nov 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Understanding is a knowledge of bad things and good things and [those which are] neither.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φρόνησις· φρόνησις ἐστὶν ἐπιστήμη κακῶν καὶ ἀγαθῶν καὶ οὐδετέρων.
Betacode
*fro/nhsis: fro/nhsis e)sti\n e)pisth/mh kakw=n kai\ a)gaqw=n kai\ ou)dete/rwn.
Notes
- A Stoic definition from Diogenes Laertius 7.92.
Linked from2 entries
- σ805ΣοφίανwisdomIn a general sense [wisdom is] the act of learning everything, and skill [te/xnh], and practical wisdom [fro/nhsis], and knowledge, intellect. On one occasion Homer used "wisdom" not as [we do] now [meaning] the…
- φ727Φρόνινprudence, wisdom[Meaning] the [sc. same as] understanding. "[He] brought back much prudence". Homer [says this].
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