Whether reason should be reckoned a part of prudence?
Objections
❌ Objection 1 : It would seem that reason should not be reckoned a part of prudence. For the subject of an accident is not a part thereof. But prudence is in the reason as its subject (Ethic. vi, 5). Therefore reason should not be reckoned a part of prudence.
❌ Objection 2 : Further, that which is common to many, should not be reckoned a part of any one of them; or if it be so reckoned, it should be reckoned a part of that one to which it chiefly belongs. Now reason is necessary in all the intellectual virtues, and chiefly in wisdom and science, which employ a demonstrative reason. Therefore reason should not be reckoned a part of prudence
❌ Objection 3 : Further, reason as a power does not differ essentially from the intelligence, as stated above (FP, Question [79], Article [8]). If therefore intelligence be reckoned a part of prudence, it is superfluous to add reason.