Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book VI

 

  1. What do you think Aristotle means by “correct desire”? (Chapter 2)
  2. How does Aristotle define prudence (phronesis, practical wisdom)? (Chapter 5)
  3. How is prudence about particulars?  What’s the point of the example about different kinds of meat? (Chapter 7)
  4. How does Aristotle distinguish deliberation which is ‘good without qualification’ from deliberation which is only ‘good to an extent’? (Chapter 9)
  5. In what way must one have all the virtues to have any of them fully? (Chapter 13)