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Ideas for 'works', 'The Mirage of Social Justice' and 'On the True Doctrine (Against Christians)'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos

1575	For Aristotle logos is essentially the ability to talk rationally about questions of value [Roochnik on Aristotle]
	Full Idea: For Aristotle logos is the ability to speak rationally about, with the hope of attaining knowledge, questions of value.
	From: comment on Aristotle (works [c.330 BCE]) by David Roochnik - The Tragedy of Reason p.26

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

1589	Aristotle is the supreme optimist about the ability of logos to explain nature [Roochnik on Aristotle]
	Full Idea: Aristotle is the great theoretician who articulates a vision of a world in which natural and stable structures can be rationally discovered. His is the most optimistic and richest view of the possibilities of logos
	From: comment on Aristotle (works [c.330 BCE]) by David Roochnik - The Tragedy of Reason p.95