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Ideas for Anaxarchus, Gabriel M.A. Segal and Democritus (attrib)

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 7. Status of Reason

501	Reason is a more powerful persuader than gold [Democritus (attr)]
	Full Idea: In power of persuasion, reasoning is far stronger than gold.
	From: Democritus (attrib) (reports [c.250 BCE], B051), quoted by John Stobaeus - Anthology 2.04.12

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 8. Naturalising Reason

3125	Psychology studies the way rationality links desires and beliefs to causality [Segal]
	Full Idea: A person's desires and beliefs tend to cause what they tend to rationalise. This coordination of causality and rationalisation lies at the heart of psychology.
	From: Gabriel M.A. Segal (A Slim Book about Narrow Content [2000], 5.3)