"The Five Intellectual Virtues

There are five main ways our mind finds truth:

1. Art (Techne) – Knowing how to make things.

2. Scientific Knowledge (Episteme) – Knowing facts that always stay the same.

3. Practical Wisdom (Phronesis) – Knowing how to make good choices.

4. Philosophic Wisdom (Sophia) – The deepest kind of wisdom.

5. Intuitive Reason (Nous) – The skill to grasp simple truths right away.

We don’t include opinions because they can be wrong. Real intellectual virtues must lead to the truth."

-The Nichomachean Ethics - For Everyone, Aristotle, Kindle Edition, pg. 94

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