La prudencia en Aristóteles: una héxis praktikè

Abstract

According to the Aristotelian definition of EN VI (1140b20), phronēsis is a practical true hexis accompanied by reason and it refers to human goods. The present essay intends to answer a double question: what is a habitual disposition (hexis) and why phronēsis is a kind of hexis? Part of the answer lies in Metaphysica Delta 20 and 23, and part in Categories 8. This research is just the starting point of a broader question that is intended to be answered later: what is the relationship between prudence and truth? In addition, why phronēsis is always true, as always true are science, art, wisdom and virtue?

Keywords

• phrónēsis
• héxis
• verdad
• ciencia
• arte
• sabiduría
• prudencia
• virtud.