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'Parmenides', 'The Philosopher's Toolkit' and 'The Human Condition'
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason
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When questions are doubtful we should concentrate not on objects but on ideas of the intellect [Plato]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason
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The Principle of Sufficient Reason does not presuppose that all explanations will be causal explanations [Baggini /Fosl]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction
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You cannot rationally deny the principle of non-contradiction, because all reasoning requires it [Baggini /Fosl]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 5. Opposites
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Opposites are as unlike as possible [Plato]
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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic
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Plato's 'Parmenides' is the greatest artistic achievement of the ancient dialectic [Hegel on Plato]
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Dialectic aims at unified truth, unlike analysis, which divides into parts [Baggini /Fosl]
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