Ideas from 'The Statesman' by Plato [356 BCE], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Complete Works' by Plato (ed/tr Cooper,John M.) [Hackett 1997,0-87220-349-2]].
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 2. Analysis by Division
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Whenever you perceive a community of things, you should also hunt out differences in the group
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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
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No one wants to define 'weaving' just for the sake of weaving
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 3. Innate Knowledge / b. Recollection doctrine
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The soul gets its goodness from god, and its evil from previous existence.
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19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric
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The question of whether or not to persuade comes before the science of persuasion
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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 5. Natural Beauty
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Non-physical beauty can only be shown clearly by speech
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / f. The Mean
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The arts produce good and beautiful things by preserving the mean
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / a. Nature of democracy
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Democracy is the worst of good constitutions, but the best of bad constitutions [Aristotle]
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature
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Only divine things can always stay the same, and bodies are not like that
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