Single Idea 1603

[catalogued under 2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos]

Full Idea

Logos is not unconditionally good, but good contingent on there being some other person (out there) who is willing to talk with logos, to approach it even as an opponent.

Clarification

'Logos' is the broad Greek concept of human reasoning

Gist of Idea

Logos is not unconditionally good, but good if there is another person willing to engage with it

Source

David Roochnik (The Tragedy of Reason [1990], p.175)

Book Reference

Roochnik,David: 'The Tragedy of Reason: the Platonic logos' [Routledge 1990], p.175