Sabiduría y prudencia. Relaciones y prelación
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Universitat de Barcelona
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ISSN: 0014-0716
Year of publication: 2020
Year: 69
Issue: 159
Pages: 143-155
Type: Article
More publications in: Espíritu: cuadernos del Instituto Filosófico de Balmesiana
Abstract
Wisdom and prudence (practical wisdom) are two intellectual virtues that have their subject in the rational faculty. These virtues are distinguished by their mastery and exercise. To ask which of them is superior is to try to answer the question about whether or not theoretical activity is inferior to practical activity. The purpose of this paper is to analyze and evaluate the arguments that Thomas Aquinas gives to solve this question