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Ideas for Pindar, Plato and Volker Halbach
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason
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When questions are doubtful we should concentrate not on objects but on ideas of the intellect [Plato]
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243
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It is foolish to quarrel with the mind's own reasoning processes [Plato]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 3. Pure Reason
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In investigation the body leads us astray, but the soul gets a clear view of the facts [Plato]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason
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241
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We ought to follow where the argument leads us [Plato]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence
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A rational account is essentially a weaving together of things with names [Plato]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 7. Status of Reason
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The greatest misfortune for a person is to develop a dislike for argument [Plato]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason
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Mortals are incapable of being fully rational [Plato]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason
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306
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Nothing can come to be without a cause [Plato]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 4. Contraries
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Only one thing can be contrary to something [Plato]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 5. Opposites
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232
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Opposites are as unlike as possible [Plato]
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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic
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A dialectician is someone who knows how to ask and to answer questions [Plato]
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Two contradictories force us to find a relation which will correlate them [Plato, by Weil]
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Dialectic is the only method of inquiry which uproots the things which it takes for granted [Plato]
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The ability to take an overview is the distinguishing mark of a dialectician [Plato]
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For Plato, rationality is a vision of and love of a cosmic rational order [Plato, by Taylor,C]
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287
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Good analysis involves dividing things into appropriate forms without confusion [Plato]
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Plato's 'Parmenides' is the greatest artistic achievement of the ancient dialectic [Hegel on Plato]
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Dialectic should only be taught to those who already philosophise well [Plato]
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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 2. Elenchus
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In discussion a person's opinions are shown to be in conflict, leading to calm self-criticism [Plato]
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1654
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In "Gorgias" Socrates is confident that his 'elenchus' will decide moral truth [Vlastos on Plato]
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We should test one another, by asking and answering questions [Plato]
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You must never go against what you actually believe [Plato]
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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 3. Eristic
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People often merely practice eristic instead of dialectic, because they don't analyse the subject-matter [Plato]
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Eristic discussion is aggressive, but dialectic aims to help one's companions in discussion [Plato]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 2. Aims of Definition
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To reveal a nature, divide down, and strip away what it has in common with other things [Plato]
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No one wants to define 'weaving' just for the sake of weaving [Plato]
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An explicit definition enables the elimination of what is defined [Halbach]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition
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A primary element has only a name, and no logos, but complexes have an account, by weaving the names [Plato]
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2. Reason / E. Argument / 3. Analogy
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Don't trust analogies; they are no more than a guideline [Halbach]
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