Philosopy 450
Study questions:  Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book VI


In Book VI Aristotle takes up the virtues of thought or intellect.  One of the most important of
these (for our purposes) is the virtue of prudence (phronesis).

1.  How is prudence, on Aristotle's view, related to happiness (eudaimonia) and the virtues
       of character?

2.   Aristotle argues that prudence is not a science, nor is it a craft.  How does he defend these
       claims?  Why is prudence neither of these?