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Single Idea 241

[filed under theme 2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason ]

Full Idea

We ought to follow where the argument leads us.

Gist of Idea

We ought to follow where the argument leads us

Source

Plato (The Laws [c.348 BCE], 667a)

Book Ref

Plato: 'The Laws', ed/tr. Saunders,Trevor J [Penguin 1970], p.106

Related Idea

Idea 15447 We shouldn't always follow where the argument leads! [Lewis on Plato]