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

3603	Methodical thinking is cautious, analytical, systematic, and panoramic [Descartes, by PG]

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

3646	There is always a reason why things are thus rather than otherwise [Leibniz]

2104	No reason could limit the quantity of matter, so there is no limit [Leibniz]

2098	The principle of sufficient reason is needed if we are to proceed from maths to physics [Leibniz]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

3612	Clear and distinct conceptions are true because a perfect God exists [Descartes]