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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Being You' and 'Philosophy as a way of life'

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

224	When questions are doubtful we should concentrate not on objects but on ideas of the intellect [Plato]
	Full Idea: Doubtful questions should not be discussed in terms of visible objects or in relation to them, but only with reference to ideas conceived by the intellect.
	From: Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 135e)

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

9197	The logos represents a demand for universal rationality [Hadot]
	Full Idea: The logos represents a demand for universal rationality.
	From: Pierre Hadot (Philosophy as a way of life [1987], 3.3)
	A reaction: That is at one end of the spectrum. At the other, in parts of 'Theaetetus', it is just a polite request to be given a few reasons, instead of a splattering of hopes and prejudices.