Single Idea 1589

[catalogued under 2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason]

Full Idea

Aristotle is the great theoretician who articulates a vision of a world in which natural and stable structures can be rationally discovered. His is the most optimistic and richest view of the possibilities of logos

Gist of Idea

Aristotle is the supreme optimist about the ability of logos to explain nature

Source

comment on Aristotle (works [c.330 BCE]) by David Roochnik - The Tragedy of Reason p.95

Book Reference

Roochnik,David: 'The Tragedy of Reason: the Platonic logos' [Routledge 1990], p.95