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Again, one man may hit on a thing after long deliberation,

another quickly. And so that before described will not be yet

Good Counsel, but the Rightness must be with reference to what is

expedient; and you must have a proper end in view, pursue it in a

right manner and right time.

Once more. One may deliberate well either generally or towards

some particular End.[38] Good counsel in the general then is that

which goes right towards that which is the End in a general way

of consideration; in particular, that which does so towards some

particular End.

Since then deliberating well is a quality of men possessed of

Practical Wisdom, Good Counsel must be "Rightness in respect of

what conduces to a given End, of which[39] Practical Wisdom is

the true conception."

Chapter X.

There is too the faculty of Judiciousness, and also its absence,

in virtue of which we call men Judicious or the contrary.