The ancient Greeks held that the four main virtues that a good citizen of a republic should possess were prudence, temperance (self-restraint), fortitude, and justice. Not surprisingly, Aristotle − ...

Firstly, Prudence. This is a virtue of the mind, a virtue of practical reason. Prudence lets us know the right thing to do in any given situation, at the right time, ...

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Their articulation of the cardinal virtues — prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance — offers a timeless lens through ...

The mistrust and caution of old men are manifestations of the virtue of prudence, particularly when dealing with a foe or a deceitful ally. Making war is easy—it feeds man’s baser tendencies ...

Among his outstanding moral virtues were courage, justice and compassion; among his outstanding intellectual virtues were wisdom and prudence.

The pope's main text focused on the virtue of prudence, which is not caution or hesitancy, he wrote. "The prudent person is creative.

Rosen’s essay is a primer on personal virtue, the favorite topic of our Athenian-steeped Founders. (It is easy to imagine them variously identifying with the four virtues — prudence ...

Prudence—or practical wisdom—is a bit of a dowdy virtue these days. It does not capture the immediate and universal admiration and respect that virtues like courage and generosity do. But it ...

I prefer the shorter and simpler formulation in Aristotle’s four cardinal virtues: prudence, justice, temperance and courage. None of these virtues is distinctly male, of course.

Cicero insisted that what a citizenry needs above all is virtue, which he defined as prudence, practical wisdom, one that eschews vice. In his excellent 2009 book, “Politics for the Greatest ...