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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 7. Status of Reason

501	Reason is a more powerful persuader than gold [Democritus (attr)]
	Full Idea: In power of persuasion, reasoning is far stronger than gold.
	From: Democritus (attrib) (reports [c.250 BCE], B051), quoted by John Stobaeus - Anthology 2.04.12

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason

5969	Chrysippus said the uncaused is non-existent [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
	Full Idea: Chrysippus said that the uncaused is altogether non-existent.
	From: report of Chrysippus (fragments/reports [c.240 BCE]) by Plutarch - 70: Stoic Self-contradictions 1045c
	A reaction: The difficulty is to see what empirical basis there can be for such a claim, or what argument of any kind other than an intuition. Induction is the obvious answer, but Hume teaches us scepticism about any claim that 'there can be no exceptions'.