Phronesis (Greek: φρόνησις) in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics's the virtue of practical thought, usually translated "practical wisdom", sometimes as "prudence". Aristotle distinguishes between two intellectual virtues: sophia and phronesis. Sophia (usually translated "wisdom")'s the ability to think well about the nature of the world, to discern why the world's the way it's (this's sometimes equated with science); sophia involves deliberation concerning un… (More on Phronesis)