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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will

22511	Some reasonings are stronger than we are [Philolaus]
	Full Idea: Some reasonings are stronger than we are.
	From: Philolaus (fragments/reports [c.425 BCE]), quoted by Aristotle - Eudemian Ethics 1225a33
	A reaction: This endorses the Aristotle view of akrasia (as opposed to the Socratic view). This isolated remark seems to imply that we are more clearly embodiments of will than of reason.

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)