Practical wisdom is the quality of mind concerned with things just and noble and good for man, but these are the things which it is the mark of a good man to do, and we are none the more able to act for knowing them if the virtues are states of character, just as we are none the better able to act for knowing the things that are healthy and sound, in the sense not of producing but of issuing from the state of health;
Zuhurtzia gizakiarentzat zuzena, noblea eta ona den guztiari buruzkoa bada, eta hori da, hain zuzen ere, gizaki onari egitea dagokiona, hori jakiteak ez gaitu bertuteetan jarduteko gai egingo, (25) bertuteak azturak baldin badira, behintzat-zerbait osasuntsu eta osasungarria dela jakitea ere baliagarria ez den bezalaxe, ez osasuna sortzen duen aldetik, aztura osasuntsuan jatorria duen aldetik baizik;