Resumo

ARAIZA, Jesús Manuel. La prudencia en Aristóteles: una héxis praktikè. Tópicos (México) [online]. 2014, n.46, pp.151-174. ISSN 0188-6649.

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?

Palavras-chave : phronēsis; hexis; truth; science; art; wisdom; prudence; virtue.