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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

16897	Reason is the faculty for grasping apriori necessary truths [Leibniz, by Burge]
	Full Idea: Leibniz actually characterises reason as the faculty for apprehending priori, necessary truths.
	From: report of Gottfried Leibniz (works [1690]) by Tyler Burge - Frege on Apriority (with ps) 2
	A reaction: No wonder it is called the Age of Reason when the claims are this grandiose.

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason

3346	For Leibniz rationality is based on non-contradiction and the principle of sufficient reason [Leibniz, by Benardete,JA]
	Full Idea: Leibniz distinguished two fundamental principles of rationality - the principle of non-contradiction and the principle of sufficient reason.
	From: report of Gottfried Leibniz (works [1690]) by José A. Benardete - Metaphysics: the logical approach Ch.18