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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Philosophical Logic: Intro to Advanced Topics' and 'Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed)'

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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 / 7. Status of Reason

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.