Sagacity [Greek: synesis] is a just intellectual measure in regard to the business of life, individual and social; critical ability in appreciating and interpreting the phenomena of experience.

It is distinguished from Prudence in this respect--that Prudence carries inferences into Practice (X.).

Considerateness [Greek: gnomae] is another intellectual virtue, with a practical bearing.

It is that virtue whereby we discern the proper occasions for indulgent construction, softening the rigour of logical consistency.

It is the source of equitable decisions.
The different intellectual excellences just named--Considerateness, Sagacity, Prudence [Greek: phronaesis], and Intellect [Greek: Nous], seem all to bear on the same result, and are for the most part predicable of the same individuals.