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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos
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1575
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For Aristotle logos is essentially the ability to talk rationally about questions of value [Roochnik on Aristotle]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason
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1589
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Aristotle is the supreme optimist about the ability of logos to explain nature [Roochnik on Aristotle]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason
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1813
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All reasoning endlessly leads to further reasoning (Mode 12) [Agrippa, by Diog. Laertius]
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1811
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Proofs often presuppose the thing to be proved (Mode 15) [Agrippa, by Diog. Laertius]
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1815
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Reasoning needs arbitrary faith in preliminary hypotheses (Mode 14) [Agrippa, by Diog. Laertius]
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1812
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All discussion is full of uncertainty and contradiction (Mode 11) [Agrippa, by Diog. Laertius]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition
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8200
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Aristotelian definitions aim to give the essential properties of the thing defined [Aristotle, by Quine]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 5. Genus and Differentia
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4385
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Aristotelian definition involves first stating the genus, then the differentia of the thing [Aristotle, by Urmson]
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