Filosofia pratica e phrónesis
In his book Truth and Method, H.-G. Gadamer promoted the renaissance of Aristotle's practical philosophy. In his interpretation, however, practical philosophy tends to be identified with phónesis, i.e. with practical wisdom. For Aristotle practical philosophy is a scientific knowledge (epistéme), although less rigorous than theoretical philosophy, and uses demonstrations, though its demonstrations are valid in most cases, but not always. Practical philosophy, moreover, employs a dialectical method, consisting in the discussion of different opinions (phainómena) in the light of the most reputed premises (éndoxa). Phrdnesis, on the other hand, is a virtue, i.e. an excellence of reason, consisting in the capacity of good deliberation, i.e. of choosing the means which are the most apt to attain a right goal. Consequently, for Aristotle, the phrónimos (wise man) does not need to be a philosopher, whilst a philosopher, if he wants to attain the sophía (theoretical wisdom), must be a phrónimos.
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | Italian |
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Universidad Panamericana, Facultad de Filosofía
2012
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0188-66492012000200001 |
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