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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos

1575	For Aristotle logos is essentially the ability to talk rationally about questions of value [Roochnik on Aristotle]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason

1589	Aristotle is the supreme optimist about the ability of logos to explain nature [Roochnik on Aristotle]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason

1812	All discussion is full of uncertainty and contradiction (Mode 11) [Agrippa, by Diog. Laertius]

1813	All reasoning endlessly leads to further reasoning (Mode 12) [Agrippa, by Diog. Laertius]

1811	Proofs often presuppose the thing to be proved (Mode 15) [Agrippa, by Diog. Laertius]

1815	Reasoning needs arbitrary faith in preliminary hypotheses (Mode 14) [Agrippa, by Diog. Laertius]