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There is too the faculty of Judiciousness, and also its absence, in virtue of which we call men Judicious or the contrary.
Judiciousness is:
- neither entirely identical with Knowledge or Opinion (for then all would have been Judicious).
- not a specific science, as medical science whose object is wholesome things
The object of judiciousness is:
- not always existent or immutable or by chance; but those in respect of which a man might doubt and deliberate.
- the same Practical Wisdom
Yet judiciousness and wisdom are not identical
Practical Wisdom:
- can command and take the initiative
- its End is “what one should do or not do”
But Judiciousness:
- only decides on suggestions
- does not have Practical Wisdom
- happens when a man uses his knowledge
- employs the Opinionative faculty in judging things outside of Practical Wisdom
The faculty called γνώμη,[40] in right of which we call men εὐγνώμονες, or say they have γνώμη, is “the right judgment of the equitable man.”
A proof of which is that we most commonly say that the equitable man has a tendency to make allowance, and the making allowance in certain cases is equitable. And συγγνώμη (the word denoting allowance) is right γνώμη having a capacity of making equitable decisions, By “right” I mean that of the Truthful man.
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