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Ideas for Mohammed, Agrippa and Thomas Aquinas
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason
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1848
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We are coerced into assent to a truth by reason's violence [Aquinas]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason
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1858
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The mind is compelled by necessary truths, but not by contingent truths [Aquinas]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason
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1813
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All reasoning endlessly leads to further reasoning (Mode 12) [Agrippa, by Diog. Laertius]
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1811
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Proofs often presuppose the thing to be proved (Mode 15) [Agrippa, by Diog. Laertius]
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1815
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Reasoning needs arbitrary faith in preliminary hypotheses (Mode 14) [Agrippa, by Diog. Laertius]
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1812
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All discussion is full of uncertainty and contradiction (Mode 11) [Agrippa, by Diog. Laertius]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor
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21267
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Supposing many principles is superfluous if a few will do it [Aquinas]
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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic
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22102
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Arguing with opponents uncovers truths, and restrains falsehoods [Aquinas]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 5. Genus and Differentia
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13070
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If definitions must be general, and general terms can't individuate, then Socrates can't be defined [Aquinas, by Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne]
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11197
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The definitions expressing identity are used to sort things [Aquinas]
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