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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Introspection' and 'Relativism'

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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]

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

4731	Good reasoning will avoid contradiction, enhance coherence, not ignore evidence, and maximise evidence [O'Grady]

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 / 7. Thought Experiments

4735	Just as maps must simplify their subject matter, so thought has to be reductionist about reality [O'Grady]