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Ideas for 'Dissoi Logoi - on Double Arguments', 'The Varieties of Reference' and 'On the Ultimate Origination of Things'

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

19343	We follow the practical rule which always seeks maximum effect for minimum cost [Leibniz]
	Full Idea: In practical affairs one always follows the decision rule in accordance with which one ought to seek the maximum or the minimum: namely, one prefers the maximum effect at the minimum cost, so to speak.
	From: Gottfried Leibniz (On the Ultimate Origination of Things [1697], p.150)
	A reaction: Animals probably do that too, and even water sort of obeys the rule when it runs downhill.

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)