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Ideas for 'works (all lost)', 'The Republic' and 'Causation and Explanation'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason

23767	The winds of the discussion should decide its destination [Plato]
	Full Idea: We must let our destination be decided by the winds of the discussion.
	From: Plato (The Republic [c.374 BCE], 394d)
	A reaction: Always loved that one. Had it on the wall of my teaching room. I take it that the aim is to follow reason, rather than the powerful rhetoric of some member of the group. The spirit of philosophy is to avoid prejudgement of your enquiry.

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy

1749	If all laws were abolished, philosophers would still live as they do now [Aristippus elder]
	Full Idea: If all laws were abolished, philosophers would still live as they do now.
	From: Aristippus the elder (fragments/reports [c.395 BCE]), quoted by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 02.Ar.4
	A reaction: Presumably philosophers develop inner laws which other people lack.