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Ideas for Anaxarchus, Thomas Reid and Anon (Diss)

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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason

23678	A motive is merely an idea, like advice, and not a force for action [Reid]
	Full Idea: A motive is equally incapable of action and of passion; because it is not a thing that exists, but a thing that is conceived. …Motives may be compared to advice or exhortation.
	From: Thomas Reid (Essays on Active Powers 4: Liberty of Agents [1788], 4)
	A reaction: We say people are motivated by greed or anger or love, which seems a bit stronger than mere advice.

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

1567	How could someone who knows everything fail to act correctly? [Anon (Diss)]
	Full Idea: If someone knows the nature of everything, how could he fail to be able also to act correctly in every case?
	From: Anon (Diss) (Dissoi Logoi - on Double Arguments [c.401 BCE], §8)