The Complete Works of Claudius Galen, Vol. 18 Pt. 2

...we might say, indicating by the verb that one thinks of a thing before it comes to pass. For this reason, among affairs, they say that some happen suddenly, involuntarily, and unforeseeably, while others are done through deliberation with premeditation (pronoia). Such, indeed, is the instance found in Solon: "The council in the Areopagus shall judge cases of murder, wounding, and arson committed with premeditation, and if someone kills by administering a poison." Furthermore, there is also a very extensive use of such nouns and verbs among the ancient rhetoricians, in which things done with premeditation are distinguished from those that occur without prior deliberation, as for instance if someone unintentionally maimed another or struck him in a fit of anger; for they say these things have not happened with premeditation. But if someone, having deliberated long beforehand and having pre-considered how the act might be performed, carries it out, they say this has now been done with premeditation. Therefore, this term "premeditation" (pronoia) has a common meaning among the Greeks for things both good and...