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

166	A speaker should be able to divide a subject, right down to the limits of divisibility [Plato]
	Full Idea: A speaker must be able to define a subject generically, and then to divide it into its various specific kinds until he reaches the limits of divisibility.
	From: Plato (Phaedrus [c.366 BCE], 277b)