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

22708	Good reasons must give way to better [Shakespeare]
	Full Idea: Good reasons must of force give way to better.
	From: William Shakespeare (Julius Caesar [1599], 4.3.205)
	A reaction: [Brutus to Cassius] This remark is an axiom of rationality. But, of course, reasons can come in groups, and three modest reasons may compete with one very good reason.

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

5082	Reason grasps generalities, while the senses grasp particulars [Aristotle]
	Full Idea: Reason grasps generalities, while the senses grasp particulars.
	From: Aristotle (Physics [c.337 BCE], 189a06)
	A reaction: This does not seem to be entirely true. Sherlock Holmes reasons towards the particular. Nevertheless, we see what he means. Reason deals with universals, and reason derives principles and patterns from the particulars.