The Theory Of Intelligent

Phronesis, as a category of the Ethical, is one of the seasonal virtues. As a practical wisdom, phronesis cannot be ignored in the position of the ancient Greek philosophy of thought and the traditional Chinese ethics. Phronesis is one of the cardinal virtues. Aristotle is the first ancient Greek philosopher system studied the philosophical category of phronesis. The newcomers, Thomas Aquinas, Kant and modern philosophers, carry forward and develop the phronesis ideas on the basis of the research of Aristotle’s.From the historical origin to see, the phronesis has been defined as knowledge, and wisdom, and strength, etc. From the moral attribute, there are the debate of the morality and the rational moral. To its natures of existence, phronesis belong to both seasonal virtues and practical wisdom. Phronesis has abundant practicality, flexibility, goodness-inclination.Phronesis is the practical, or is a practical wisdom. It is reflected as a practical reason, or it is formed by the subject of practice in the long-term practice process.The phronesis is middle way properly made various factors together. The middle way must be on the base of rational thinking. It only finds appropriate foundation to hit the middle. The middle way only relies on rationality, which has the quality of the phronesis, to achieve full virtue.The phronesis tend to goodness by to grasp and pursuit the good. The goodness is both drive factors and purpose of the phronesis. The phronesis drive and make the internal good and external good unified. The phronesis drive and make the common good and the Personal good unified. The phronesis seek the ultimate good of human survival and development.