| 5839 | For Socrates, wisdom and prudence were the same thing [Socrates, by Xenophon] |
| 4371 | Seeing particulars as parts of larger wholes is to perceive their value [Achtenberg on Aristotle] |
| 69 | We deliberate about means, not ends [Aristotle] |
| 73 | Practical intellect serves to arrive at the truth which corresponds to right appetite [Aristotle] |
| 20212 | Practical reason is truth-attaining, and focused on actions good for human beings [Aristotle] |
| 5247 | Prudence is mainly concerned with particulars, which is the sphere of human conduct [Aristotle] |
| 80 | Virtue ensures that we have correct aims, and prudence that we have correct means of achieving them [Aristotle] |
| 5249 | One cannot be prudent without being good [Aristotle] |
| 82 | The one virtue of prudence carries with it the possession of all the other virtues [Aristotle] |
| 22508 | Unlike in inanimate things, in animate things actions have more than one starting point [Aristotle] |
| 22514 | The deliberative part of the soul discerns explanatory causes [Aristotle] |
| 1836 | Prudence is more valuable than philosophy, because it avoids confusions of the soul [Epicurus] |
| 2363 | Reason is usually general, but deliberation is of particulars [Hobbes] |
| 19343 | We follow the practical rule which always seeks maximum effect for minimum cost [Leibniz] |
| 6692 | For Hume, practical reason has little force, because we can always modify our desires [Hume, by Graham] |
| 23678 | A motive is merely an idea, like advice, and not a force for action [Reid] |
| 6190 | The sole objects of practical reason are the good and the evil [Kant] |
| 21059 | General rules of action also need a judgement about when to apply them [Kant] |
| 4173 | If we were essentially intellect rather than will, our moral worth would depend on imagined motives [Schopenhauer] |
| 23437 | Practical reason is goodness in choosing actions [Foot] |
| 23694 | All criterions of practical rationality derive from goodness of will [Foot] |
| 22480 | Possessing the virtue of justice disposes a person to good practical rationality [Foot] |
| 6384 | The notion of cause is essential to acting for reasons, intentions, agency, akrasia, and free will [Davidson] |
| 3840 | We don't accept practical reasoning if the conclusion is unpalatable [Searle] |
| 4316 | Either all action is rational, or reason dominates, or reason is only concerned with means [Cottingham] |
| 12627 | Before you can plan action, you must decide on the truth of your estimate of success [Fodor] |
| 3546 | 'Phronesis' should translate as 'practical intelligence', not as prudence [Annas] |
| 23733 | Motivating reasons are psychological, while normative reasons are external [Smith,M] |
| 23740 | Humeans take maximising desire satisfaction as the normative reasons for actions [Smith,M] |
| 23745 | We cannot expect even fully rational people to converge on having the same desires for action [Smith,M] |
| 24000 | Justifying reasons say you were right; excusing reasons say your act was explicable [Goldie] |