The term “forethought” has been employed in literature to evoke the idea of prudent planning and deliberate insight across a broad spectrum of contexts—from military strategy to natural order and personal character. In ancient texts like Sunzi’s The Art of War [1], forethought signifies the calculated planning essential for victory, while Roman philosophers such as Marcus Aurelius [2, 3, 4] invoke it to describe a divine or cosmic order. Authors like Jefferson [5, 6] and Rousseau [7, 8] celebrate forethought as a hallmark of leadership and moral responsibility, whereas its absence is lamented by writers such as Kate Chopin [9] and H. G. Wells [10]. Moreover, in the works of Poe [11, 12] and Guy de Maupassant [13, 14], forethought emerges as a trait that distinguishes the insightful from the impulsive, highlighting its enduring value as a symbol of reason and careful planning throughout literary history.