About 80 results for ‘Prudence’
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Prudence
Prudence is the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason. It is classically considered to be a virtue, and in particular one of the four Cardinal virtues (which are, with the three theological virtues, part of the seven virtues). The word comes from Old French prudence (14th century), from Latin prudentia (foresight, sagacity). It is often associated with wisdom, insight, and knowledge. In this case, the virtue is the ability to judge between virtuous and vicious actions, not only in a general sense, but with regard to appropriate actions at a given time and place. Although prudence itself does not perform any actions, and is concerned solely with knowledge, all virtues had to be regulated by it. Distinguishing when acts are courageous, as opposed to reckless or cowardly, for instance, is an act of prudence, and for this reason it is classified as a cardinal (pivotal) virtue. Although prudence would be applied to any such judgment, the more difficult tasks, which distinguish a person as prudent, are those in which various goods have to be weighed against each other, as when a person is determining what would be best to give charitable donations, or how to punish a child so as to prevent repeating an offense. In modern English, however, the word has become increasingly synonymous with cautiousness. In this sense, prudence names a reluctance to take risks, which remains a virtue with respect to unnecessary risks, but when unreasonably extended (i.e. over-cautiousness), can become the vice of cowardice. In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle gives a lengthy account of the virtue phronesis, which has traditionally been translated as "prudence", although this has become increasingly problematic as the word has fallen out of common usage. More recently ϕρονησιϛ has been translated by such terms as "practical wisdom", "practical judgment," or "rational choice."
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Mr le Marquis de Lafayette ; La Fayette reçoit des mains ...
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- Drawing
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- Allegory
- Immortality
- Prudence
- Temple
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- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Charles-Antoine Coypel
DON QUICHOTTE GUERI DE SA FOLIE PAR LA SAGESSE
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- Painting
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- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Michel Dorigny
LA FORCE ET LA PRUDENCE
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LA SAGESSE DIVINE DONNANT DES LOIS AUX ROIS ET AUX LEGIST...
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- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Book
- Cloud
- Crown (headgear)
- Magistrate
- Prudence
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- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Simon Vouet
LA PRUDENCE AMENE LA PAIX ET L'ABONDANCE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Simon Vouet
ALLEGORIE DE LA PRUDENCE
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LOUIS XIV TENANT LE SCEAU.1672
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- Portrayed subject:
- Justice
- Louis XIV of France
- Minister (government)
- Parliament
- Prudence
- Statue
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Gabriel Blanchard
Allégorie de la naissance de Louis XIV 1638
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- Painting
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- Allegory
- Birth
- Book
- Cloud
- Crown (headgear)
- Crown prince
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- François Boucher
LA PRUDENCE
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- Artist(s):
- Giovanni Battista Cipriani
ALLEGORIE DU COURONNEMENT DE GEORGES III D'ANGLETERRE EN ...
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- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Armour
- Book
- Boy
- Capital (architecture)
- Charity (virtue)
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- 18th century
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ALLEGORIE DE LA FRANCE, SOUS LA FIGURE DE MINERVE (LA SAG...
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- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Book
- Crown (headgear)
- France
- Genius (mythology)
- Minerva
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- Date:
- 18th century
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LA RELIGION ET LES VERTUS THEOLOGALES ; ESTHER ET ASSUERU...
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- Painting
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- Allegory
- Bed
- Bottle
- Bow and arrow
- Chandelier
- Chastity
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Eugène Delacroix
LA MORT DE MARC AURELE
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bed
- Crown (headgear)
- Death
- Marcus Aurelius
- Prudence
- Scroll
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Donato Creti
LA GLORIFICATION DE SAINT ANTOINE DE PADOUE
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- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Angel
- Anthony of Padua
- Apotheosis
- Eloquence
- Mary (mother of Jesus)
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- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Charles Errard
LA PRUDENCE
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PANNEAU DE COFFRE PICARD
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Compass (drafting)
- Dress
- Fleuron (architectural)
- Mirror
- Prudence
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- Date:
- 16th century
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
QUINZE PANNEAUX DE LA DECORATION DU SALON DE LA RICHESSE ...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Date:
- 18th century
- 19th century
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