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Ideas for 'Parmenides', '04: Gospel of St John' and 'Identity'

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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

6294	In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God [John]
	Full Idea: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God.
	From: St John (04: Gospel of St John [c.95], 01.01)
	A reaction: 'Word' translates the Greek word 'logos', which has come a long way since Heraclitus. The interesting contrast is with the later Platonist view that the essence of God is the Good. So is the source of everything to be found in reason, or in value?