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4 - Prudence

from PART IV - THE ETHOS OF MODERATION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2023

Aurelian Craiutu
Aurelian Craiutu
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Indiana University
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This letter comments on the affinities between prudence and moderation. It starts from the definition of prudence given by the sixteenth-century Spanish writer Baltasar Gracián in his classic book, The Pocket Oracle and the Art of Prudence (1647), and then examines the different faces of prudence as illustrated by Titian’s famous Allegory of Prudence.

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prudencecommon senseBaltasar GraciánThe Pocket Oracle and the Art of PrudenceTitianAllegory of Prudence
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Why Not Moderation?
Letters to Young Radicals
 , pp. 175 - 182
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Prudence
  • Aurelian Craiutu, Indiana University
  • Book: Why Not Moderation?
  • Online publication: 12 October 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108848855.024
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  • Prudence
  • Aurelian Craiutu, Indiana University
  • Book: Why Not Moderation?
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108848855.024
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  • Prudence
  • Aurelian Craiutu, Indiana University
  • Book: Why Not Moderation?
  • Online publication: 12 October 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108848855.024
Available formats
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