Book 6
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Of Prudence as regards the state, one kind, as supreme and directive, is called Legislative ScienceIn the Greek city-state legislature was not regarded as the normal function of parliament, but of a founder or reformer of the constitution, or of a special legislative commission.; the other, as dealing with particular occurrences, has the name, Political Science, that really belongs to both kinds. The latter is concerned with action and deliberation (for a parliamentary enactment is a thing to be done, being the last stepCf. 3.3.12. in a deliberative process), and this is why it is only those persons who deal with particular facts who are spoken of as taking part in politics, because it is only they who perform actions, like the workmen in an industry.In contrast with the law-giver and the master-craftsman respectively.
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Prudence also is commonly understood to mean especially that kind of wisdom which is concerned with oneself, the individual; and this is given the name, Prudence, which really belongs to all the kinds, while the others are distinguished as Domestic Economy, Legislature, and Political Science, the latter being subdivided into Deliberative Science and Judicial Science.
