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Chresis is sexual intercourse (hoi oikos chresis -- literally 'the use of houses')

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Chresis is the 'use' of a male boy as a woman (i.e. pederasty), which is recommended to the wise man

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Chresis is literally 'use', 'employment', 'function' but suggestive of 'intimacy' or 'acquaintance'.

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Chresis is literally 'use' but, in the context of Aristotle, it points to the idea that the use of things is a mode of practicing and is endowed with an ethical dimension.

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Chresis is literally the 'use' of sexuality, which often signals the wrong use (i.e. non-procreative and pervaded by desire), which is the result of man's having hardened his heart against God.