Prudence (Greek phrónesis, Latin prudentia, Italian prudenza, Spanish prudencia, French prudence, German Klugheit) appears in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics as the gift of correct practical action. It includes asking advice (eubulía), understanding (synesis), and judgment (gnṓme). Considered a cardinal virtue ever since the Latin church father Ambrose (4th century), by the time of Thomas Aquinas (13th century) at the lates…