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The phronimos is the person who is able to grasp the fitting or
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the appropriate, the appropriate thing to do out of
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the complex arrangements that make up any situation.
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Above all,such a person embodies that special quality of insight and
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discrimination that distinguishes him or her from people,
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again, of more theoretical or speculative cast of mind.
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How is this quality of "phronimos",
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of judgment, of practical wisdom, of horse sense, how is it acquired?
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Aristotle tells us that this kind of knowledge is a kind of knowledge
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most appropriate to politics.
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Again, it is neither-- and he wants to be clear about this--
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it is neither the theoretic knowledge aimed simply