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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'The Varieties of Necessity' and 'Sophistical Refutations'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

2676	Didactic argument starts from the principles of the subject, not from the opinions of the learner [Aristotle]

224	When questions are doubtful we should concentrate not on objects but on ideas of the intellect [Plato]

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

2675	Reasoning is a way of making statements which makes them lead on to other statements [Aristotle]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 5. Opposites

232	Opposites are as unlike as possible [Plato]

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

2677	Dialectic aims to start from generally accepted opinions, and lead to a contradiction [Aristotle]

8937	Plato's 'Parmenides' is the greatest artistic achievement of the ancient dialectic [Hegel on Plato]

2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 3. Eristic

2674	Competitive argument aims at refutation, fallacy, paradox, solecism or repetition [Aristotle]