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Moreover, we can speak of excellence in Art,1 but not of excellence in Prudence. Also in Art
voluntary error is not so bad as involuntary, whereas in the sphere of Prudence it is
worse, as it is in the sphere of the virtues. It is therefore clear that Prudence is an
excellence or virtue, and not an Art.
1 τέχνη, Art, is here （as in 7.1） used in a neutral sense of a systematic procedure for making something, or a body of principles for such a procedure—one may be good at it or bad; whereas φρόνησις, Prudence or practical wisdom, itself denotes an excellence, not a neutral sphere in which one may excel or the reverse. Elsewhere in the book τέχνη has the positive sense of artistic excellence or technical skill.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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