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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'The Metaphysic of Abstract Particulars' and 'Carnap and Logical Truth'

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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 / B. Laws of Thought / 5. Opposites

232	Opposites are as unlike as possible [Plato]
	Full Idea: Opposites are as unlike as possible.
	From: Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 159a)

2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic

8937	Plato's 'Parmenides' is the greatest artistic achievement of the ancient dialectic [Hegel on Plato]
	Full Idea: Plato's 'Parmenides' is the greatest artistic achievement of the ancient dialectic.
	From: comment on Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE]) by Georg W.F.Hegel - Phenomenology of Spirit Pref 71
	A reaction: It is a long way from the analytic tradition of philosophy to be singling out a classic text for its 'artistic' achievement. Eventually we may even look back on, say, Kripke's 'Naming and Necessity' and see it in that light.