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Single Idea 243

[filed under theme 2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason ]

Full Idea

When the soul quarrels with knowledge or opinion or reason, its natural ruling principles, you have there what I call 'folly'.

Gist of Idea

It is foolish to quarrel with the mind's own reasoning processes

Source

Plato (The Laws [c.348 BCE], 689b)

Book Ref

Plato: 'The Laws', ed/tr. Saunders,Trevor J [Penguin 1970], p.136