Book VI
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Book VI of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is the section that analyzes the intellectual virtues, especially practical wisdom (phronesis), and their role in ethical decision-making.
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| Book VI canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Book VI Context triple: [Nicomachean Ethics, dividedInto, Book VI]
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Book VI
Book VI is the final section of Carl Friedrich Gauss’s *Disquisitiones Arithmeticae*, focusing on the theory of binary quadratic forms and their composition.
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Book VI
Book VI is a section of Augustine’s theological and philosophical work *The City of God* that continues his critique of pagan religion and Roman culture.
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Book VI
Book VI is one of the later books of Lactantius’s early Christian apologetic work *Divine Institutes*, continuing his systematic defense and explanation of Christian doctrine.
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Book VI
Book VI is the concluding section of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal astronomical work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, in which he further develops and applies his heliocentric model.
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Book VI
Book VI is one of the later sections of John Gower’s Middle English poem *Vox Clamantis*, contributing to its moral and political commentary on 14th-century English society.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book VI Target entity description: Book VI of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is the section that analyzes the intellectual virtues, especially practical wisdom (phronesis), and their role in ethical decision-making.
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A.
Book VI
Book VI is the concluding section of Nicolaus Copernicus’s seminal astronomical work *De revolutionibus orbium coelestium*, in which he further develops and applies his heliocentric model.
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B.
Book VI
Book VI is the final section of Carl Friedrich Gauss’s *Disquisitiones Arithmeticae*, focusing on the theory of binary quadratic forms and their composition.
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C.
Book VI
Book VI is one of the later sections of John Gower’s Middle English poem *Vox Clamantis*, contributing to its moral and political commentary on 14th-century English society.
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D.
Book VI
Book VI is one of the later books of Lactantius’s early Christian apologetic work *Divine Institutes*, continuing his systematic defense and explanation of Christian doctrine.
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E.
Book VI
Book VI is a section of Augustine’s theological and philosophical work *The City of God* that continues his critique of pagan religion and Roman culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
part of ethical treatise
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philosophical work section ⓘ |
| addresses | weakness of will in relation to reason ⓘ |
| aimsAt | clarifying how good deliberation leads to right action ⓘ |
| analyzes |
relation between intellect and ethics
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role of reason in moral action ⓘ |
| argues |
moral virtue and phronesis are interdependent
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one cannot be fully virtuous without phronesis ⓘ |
| author | Aristotle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | core text in Aristotelian ethics ⓘ |
| clarifies |
difference between acting rightly and merely following rules
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relation between deliberation and choice ⓘ role of choice (prohairesis) in ethical action ⓘ |
| classifies | intellectual virtues into theoretical and practical ⓘ |
| composedInCentury | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| defines | phronesis as a true and reasoned state of capacity to act with regard to human goods ⓘ |
| discusses |
episteme
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nous ⓘ phronesis ⓘ sophia NERFINISHED ⓘ techne ⓘ |
| distinguishes | intellectual virtues from moral virtues ⓘ |
| explains |
phronesis concerns particulars in action
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phronesis involves deliberation about means to good ends ⓘ phronesis is distinct from theoretical wisdom ⓘ phronesis is necessary for virtuous action ⓘ phronesis requires experience ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
deliberative faculty
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rational part of the soul ⓘ truth in action ⓘ |
| genre | ethical philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary discussions of practical reasoning
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later virtue ethics ⓘ medieval moral philosophy ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedAfter | Book V of Nicomachean Ethics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedBefore | Book VII of Nicomachean Ethics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
ethical decision-making
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intellectual virtues ⓘ phronesis ⓘ practical wisdom ⓘ |
| partOf | Nicomachean Ethics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relates | intellectual virtues to the doctrine of the mean ⓘ |
| situatedIn | Aristotelian virtue ethics tradition ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
history of philosophy
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moral philosophy ⓘ practical philosophy ⓘ |
| workOf | Peripatetic school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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