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2896 | I want to understand the Socratic idea that 'reason equals virtue equals happiness' [Nietzsche] |
Full Idea: I seek to understand out of what idiosyncrasy that Socratic equation 'reason equals virtue equals happiness' derives. | |
From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 1.04) |
12526 | Opposition to reason is mad [Locke] |
Full Idea: Opposition to reason deserves the name of madness. | |
From: John Locke (Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed) [1694], 2.33.04) | |
A reaction: This may just be a tautology, based on the meaning of the word 'madness', but it sounds more like a clarion call for the Englightenment. |