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

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Reason is the faculty for grasping apriori necessary truths [Leibniz, by Burge]

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

3346	For Leibniz rationality is based on non-contradiction and the principle of sufficient reason [Leibniz, by Benardete,JA]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason

3347	Leibniz said the principle of sufficient reason is synthetic a priori, since its denial is not illogical [Leibniz, by Benardete,JA]

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

232	Opposites are as unlike as possible [Plato]

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

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

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

8627	Leibniz is inclined to regard all truths as provable [Leibniz, by Frege]