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Ideas for 'works', 'W.V. Quine' and 'Twilight of the Idols'

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

1575	For Aristotle logos is essentially the ability to talk rationally about questions of value [Roochnik on Aristotle]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason

1589	Aristotle is the supreme optimist about the ability of logos to explain nature [Roochnik on Aristotle]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 7. Status of Reason

2896	I want to understand the Socratic idea that 'reason equals virtue equals happiness' [Nietzsche]

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

2897	With dialectics the rabble gets on top [Nietzsche]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition

8200	Aristotelian definitions aim to give the essential properties of the thing defined [Aristotle, by Quine]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 5. Genus and Differentia

4385	Aristotelian definition involves first stating the genus, then the differentia of the thing [Aristotle, by Urmson]

2. Reason / E. Argument / 6. Conclusive Proof

2898	Anything which must first be proved is of little value [Nietzsche]