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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'De Anima' and 'Plural Quantification Exposed'

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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
24047 An account is either a definition or a demonstration [Aristotle]
     Full Idea: Every account is either a definition or a demonstration.
     From: Aristotle (De Anima [c.329 BCE], 407a24)
     A reaction: That is, it is either a summary of the thing's essential nature, or it is a proof of some natural fact, starting from first principles.