“Prudentia” and the practical use of reason by Schopenhauer

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378633986

Keywords:

Prudentia, Practical reason, Great pessimism, Plausibility

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the specific status that the notion of prudentia receives by Schopenhauer, especially if analyzed within Aphorisms on the wisdom of life. It is the understanding about the practical use of reason in the strict sense of a wisdom of life or prudentia, that we define as differentiation of differentiation. Beside this main hypothesis, the article also contains other interpretative horizons regarding the Aphorisms, such as his literary strategy marked by plausibility, the term 'great pessimism' as well as the displacement from the stoic wisdom to some uses of the Aristotelian maxims.

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Jorge Luiz Viesenteiner, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR

Doutor em filosofia pela UNICAMP e professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia da PUCPR. Membro do GIRN (Groupe International de Recherches sur Nietzsche) pela Universidade de Greifswald/Alemanha.

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Published

2012-07-01

How to Cite

Viesenteiner, J. L. (2012). “Prudentia” and the practical use of reason by Schopenhauer. Voluntas: International Journal of Philosophy, 3(1 e 2), 03–19. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378633986

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Vol. 3 No. 1 e 2 (2012): Estudos sobre Schopenhauer – Eds. 05/06

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Around Schopenhauerian eudemonology

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