![]() ![]() practical wisdom ( phronêsis ), as the overarching disposition, while others emphasise the constitutive role of the habituated disposition to feel appropriately. Some scholars stress the intellectual virtue pertaining to action, viz. Unfortunately, Aristotle isn’t particularly explicit about the details of how these two virtues are mutually dependent, a fact which has sparked a vigorous debate among scholars. ![]() In addition, these two excellences, or virtues, are intimately connected, so that the one cannot be had without the other ( Nicomachean Ethics 6.13, 1144 b30-2 10.8, 1178 a16-19). The virtuous person not only knows what the good thing to do is, she is also emotionally attached to it. According to Aristotle’s ethical theory, the virtuous person exhibits the joint excellence of reason and of character. ![]()
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