Full Idea
We control our actions from their starting-point up to their end because we know the particulars.
Gist of Idea
We have control of an action when we know the particulars
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1114b30)
A Reaction
Presumably we might cease to be responsible in the middle of an action, because of unavoidable ignorance of changing particulars.
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Nicomachean Ethics', ed/tr. Reeve, C.D.C. [Hackett 2024], p.45