12 ideas
| 2676 | Didactic argument starts from the principles of the subject, not from the opinions of the learner [Aristotle] |
| 2675 | Reasoning is a way of making statements which makes them lead on to other statements [Aristotle] |
| 2677 | Dialectic aims to start from generally accepted opinions, and lead to a contradiction [Aristotle] |
| 2674 | Competitive argument aims at refutation, fallacy, paradox, solecism or repetition [Aristotle] |
| 16967 | 'Are Coriscus and Callias at home?' sounds like a single question, but it isn't [Aristotle] |
| 3644 | Two things being joined together doesn't prove they are the same [Descartes] |
| 16149 | Generic terms like 'man' are not substances, but qualities, relations, modes or some such thing [Aristotle] |
| 11840 | Only if two things are identical do they have the same attributes [Aristotle] |
| 3621 | Only judgement decides which of our senses are reliable [Descartes] |
| 541 | Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias] |
| 3637 | Ideas in God's mind only have value if he makes it so [Descartes] |
| 542 | Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias] |