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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos
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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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The Stoics distinguished spoken logos from logos within the mind [Stoic school, by Plotinus]
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Stoics study canons, criteria and definitions, in order to find the truth [Stoic school, by Diog. Laertius]
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Stoics believed that rational capacity in man (logos) is embodied in the universe [Stoic school, by Long]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason
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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 / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic
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Dialectics is mastery of question and answer form [Stoic school, by Diog. Laertius]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition
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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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Aristotelian definition involves first stating the genus, then the differentia of the thing [Aristotle, by Urmson]
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