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23249 | The early philosophers thought that reason has its own needs and desires |
Full Idea: It is part of the notion of reason according to these philosophers [Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Stoics] that reason has its own needs and desires. | |||
From: Michael Frede (Intro to 'Rationality in Greek Thought' [1996], p.5) | |||
A reaction: This sounds as if reason is treated as a separate person within a person. Anyone solving a logical puzzle feels that reason has its own compulsion. 'Boulesis' is the desire characteristic of reason. |