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Now all these mental states[41] tend to the same object, as

indeed common language leads us to expect: I mean, we speak of

γνώμη, Judiciousness, Practical Wisdom, and Practical Intuition,

attributing the possession of γνώμη and Practical Intuition to

the same Individuals whom we denominate Practically-Wise and

Judicious: because all these faculties are employed upon the

extremes,[42] i.e. on particular details; and in right of his

aptitude for deciding on the matters which come within the

province of the Practically-Wise, a man is Judicious and

possessed of good γνώμη; i.e. he is disposed to make allowance,

for considerations of equity are entertained by all good men

alike in transactions with their fellows.

And all matters of Moral Action belong to the class of

particulars, otherwise called extremes: for the man of Practical

Wisdom must know them, and Judiciousness and γνώμη are concerned

with matters of Moral Actions, which are extremes.