376 | Phronesis
Citizen Podcast
Tetherball Academy Media
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Dan is back with another solo episode, taking excerpts from his substack, https://danhollaway.substack.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Let's go. |
| 0:04.2 | Welcome to Citizen. |
| 0:12.6 | We've got a special show today. |
| 0:15.1 | We're going to talk about another kind of ancient idea that we should all be aware of because it's relevant |
| 0:28.5 | today just like it was back then life doesn't really change that much and today's |
| 0:35.3 | topic is phronesis the the lost virtue of practical wisdom. |
| 0:40.3 | If you're looking for a spelling, you can see it in the title, but just in case you're listening on the run, it's P-H-R-O-N-E-S-I-S-Fronesis. |
| 0:49.3 | Now, we're going to take this one in something of a narrative form the way we have in the last |
| 0:56.8 | episode or two um there's a strange kind of man who only exists in an age like ours he knows |
| 1:07.9 | everything excuse me or at least he knows enough to sound like he knows everything. |
| 1:15.9 | He's read all the books. He's listened to all the podcasts. He's highlighted the quotes, save the |
| 1:21.1 | clips, bought the courses. He follows all the right accounts on social media. He's built an entire vocabulary around discipline and virtue and masculinity and liberty, civilization, faith, family health, all of his politics, leadership, and of course, purpose. |
| 1:40.5 | He can quote Marcus Aurelius on hardship. |
| 1:42.8 | He can quote Aristotle on virtue. He can quote C.S. Lewis on courage. And he can quote Marcus Aurelius on hardship, he can quote Aristotle on virtue. |
| 1:44.9 | He can quote C.S. Lewis on courage, and he can quote the founders on liberty. |
| 1:49.0 | He knows all the phrases. |
| 1:50.4 | He knows the posture. |
| 1:52.5 | He knows the references, but his life is still a mess. |
| 1:56.6 | How is that possible? |
| 1:59.4 | He knows all the politics, but he can't govern his own emotions. |
| 2:03.7 | He knows nutrition, but he can't govern his appetite. |
| 2:07.2 | He knows theology, but he can't forgive. |
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