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Ideas for 'works', 'Politics' and 'Rules for the Direction of the Mind'

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

1570	Human beings, alone of the animals, have logos [Aristotle]

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

1574	Reasoning distinguishes what is beneficial, and hence what is right [Aristotle]

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

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 7. Status of Reason

2801	Intelligence which looks ahead is a natural master, while bodily strength is a natural slave [Aristotle]