Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'works', 'On the spiritual perfection of life' and 'Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher'

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3 ideas

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

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Arguing with opponents uncovers truths, and restrains falsehoods [Aquinas]

5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 3. Contradiction

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Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor lack of contradiction a sign of truth [Pascal]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / b. Retribution for crime

1658	In early Greece the word for punishment was also the word for vengeance [Vlastos]