Full Idea
Each of us is able to give a logos about some part of nature and even though as individuals little or nothing is added to the truth, from all of us contributing together something grand comes about.
Clarification
'Logos' is the Greek word meaning something like 'rational understanding'
Gist of Idea
If each of us can give some logos about parts of nature, our combined efforts can be impressive
Source
Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 0993b04)
Book Reference
Roochnik,David: 'The Tragedy of Reason: the Platonic logos' [Routledge 1990], p.27
A Reaction
Aristotle sees philosophy and science as group activities.
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Idea 9786 Philosophers working like teams of scientists is absurd, yet isolation is hard [Cartwright,R]
Idea 9778 There is no dialogue in philosophy [Zizek]