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Single Idea 224

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

Full Idea

Doubtful questions should not be discussed in terms of visible objects or in relation to them, but only with reference to ideas conceived by the intellect.

Gist of Idea

When questions are doubtful we should concentrate not on objects but on ideas of the intellect

Source

Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 135e)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Plato IV (Cratylus,Parmenides,Hippias Maj, Min)', ed/tr. Fowler,H.N. [Harvard Loeb 1926], p.231