Одним из первых о благоразумии (prudentia) говорит Цицерон, различая в ней память (memoria), понятливость (intelligentia) и предусмотрительность (providentia).

Благоразу́мие — качество личности, группы, позволяющее выбирать правильные средства, и действовать сообразно c целью достижения собственного блага, счастья. У Платона принадлежит к одной из кардинальных добродетелей, относится к одной из семи добродетелей.

Тициан: Исходя из прошлого человек действует благоразумно в настоящем, дабы не повредить будущему.

Благоразумие в отличие от мудрости (научного знания и познания сущности вещей с помощью разума) имеет практическую направленность на человеческое благо и принятие решений для его претворения в жизнь.

В Сумме теологии, Фомы Аквинского благоразумие (prudentia) синонимично рассудительности (антонимом благоразумия является imprudentia, безрассудство).

Сущностным атрибутом этой добродетели ( благоразумия ) является способность производить разумный выбор.

Элементом благоразумия является бдительность (circumspectio) и предосторожность (cautio).

Ложной формой этой добродетели является хитрость (astutia).

Поскольку благоразумие направлено на достижение блага, то эта добродетель необходимо должна быть свойственна правителям, которые опираются на закон (ср. prudentia и юриспруденция).

When I first came to New York I was a dancer, and a French record label offered me a recording contract and I had to go to Paris to do it. So I went there and that's how I really got into the music business. But I didn't like what I was doing when I got there, so I left, and I never did a record there.

The unexpected and the incredible belong in this world. Only then is life whole.

I did used to have nightmares about the idea that when I die, there is a spark of consciousness which basically creates the world. 'Is the world going to disappear if this spark of consciousness disappears? And how do I know it won't? How do I know there's anything there except what I'm conscious of?'

Traveling; it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.

I'm a big fan of comedians not having to apologize for anything. Nowadays it seems comedians are always apologizing for being funny.

My dad was a mechanical engineer and a drummer. We had no money, but I never felt we had no money, and that's what I remember now, having my own child. I think, 'Oh so what?' Kids don't go around the house seeing what's wrong with it.

I didn't grow up with Broadway music. My mother played Perry Como, while I listened to Andy Williams records. Later on it was Cream, Grand Funk Railroad and lots of R&B like the Isley Bros. and Parliament.

As digital equipment replaces the jobs of routine workers and lower-level professionals, technicians are needed to install, monitor, repair, test, and upgrade all the equipment.

I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz.

Each brain is exposed to different circumstances. It's very likely that your brain is unique in the history of the universe.

I don't think anyone wants a reader to be completely lost - certainly not to the point of giving up - but there's something to be said for a book that isn't instantly disposable, that rewards a second reading.

Many witnesses to the shooting of Michael Brown made statements inconsistent with other statements they made and also conflicted with the physical evidence. Some were completely refuted by the physical evidence.

To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.

There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children.

Watching the scenes out of New Orleans, if you turn down the sound it could be the Sudan or any Third World country. But it's not. it's the United States of America.

That's the great thing about being a writer. You dream up amazing questions... and then dream up even more amazing answers.

I like to play music; play guitar - I love that. Play some golf in the summer. Just relax, enjoy the summer. That's nice.

If you get an audition and you're out of work, you just say, 'I've gotta go on this.'

I am kind of a curmudgeonly person, so I don't gravitate to groups or traditions, which is probably just pretentious of me.

There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end.

Look at a football field. It looks like a big movie screen. This is theatre. Football combines the strategy of chess. It's part ballet. It's part battleground, part playground. We clarify, amplify and glorify the game with our footage, the narration and that music, and in the end create an inspirational piece of footage.

We live in a culture that doesn't acknowledge or validate human intuition and doesn't encourage us to rely on our intuitive wisdom.

I know too well how slowly we edge along sideways to every thing good brilliant in our lives how casually and unobservedly we make all our most valued acquaintances.

Not only is fur cruel, it's also totally gross. I mean, who wants to wear the skin of an abused animal? Not me!