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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 2. Analysis by Division

12274	Begin examination with basics, and subdivide till you can go no further [Aristotle]
	Full Idea: The examination must be carried on and begin from the primary classes and then go on step by step until further division is impossible.
	From: Aristotle (Topics [c.331 BCE], 109b17)
	A reaction: This is a good slogan for the analytic approach to thought. I take Aristotle (or possibly Socrates) to be the father of analysis, not Frege (though see Idea 9840). (He may be thinking of the tableau method of proof).