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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
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at abstract truths, nor is it the productive knowledge,
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what he calls techne, the productive knowledge used in the
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manufacture of useful artifacts.
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What is it, then?
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It is a knowledge of how to act where the purpose of action
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is acting well.
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You might say it is less a body of true propositions than a shrewd