Aristotle refocuses the convo: why are we talking about wisdom and prudence again? Wisdom isn't concerned with how to make a person happy. (More on this soon).
But prudence is directly concerned with human happiness, because its all about noble action. However, just knowing about prudence doesn't help us to acquire or exercise it
And how does prudence help those who're already virtuous? Technically speaking, they just need enough intelligence to follow the advice of the prudent and do the right things
Note at this point that Aristotle's given us a very cagey definition of prudence
He admits as much by saying that we really have to investigate the "perplexities" surrounding it first.
Though Aristotle's said that wisdom is something superior to prudence, he now says that both are "choiceworthy". Pick one, you can't go wrong.
Wisdom produces happiness, since it's a virtue. It has prudence and the moral virtues as tools to complete its work.
Virtue helps by making our choices the correct ones. Prudence helps us with the process of choosing correctly.
There's also cleverness, which helps get things done once we've chosen on a course of action.
Cleverness isn't always a positive attribute. If it helps to achieve a "noble" goal, it's a good thing. If not, it is base
Aristotle reiterates the idea that corruption perverts the entire process of longing, choice, and action. It's for this reason that a bad person can't be prudent.

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This shows slides about Book 6 in Aristotle's nicomachean ethics book