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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Philosophy and Scientific Image of Man' and 'Intro to 'Rationality in Greek Thought''

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

23249	The early philosophers thought that reason has its own needs and desires [Frede,M]
	Full Idea: It is part of the notion of reason according to these philosophers [Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Stoics] that reason has its own needs and desires.
	From: Michael Frede (Intro to 'Rationality in Greek Thought' [1996], p.5)
	A reaction: This sounds as if reason is treated as a separate person within a person. Anyone solving a logical puzzle feels that reason has its own compulsion. 'Boulesis' is the desire characteristic of reason.