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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos
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1570
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Human beings, alone of the animals, have logos [Aristotle]
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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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1574
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Reasoning distinguishes what is beneficial, and hence what is right [Aristotle]
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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 / 7. Status of Reason
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2801
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Intelligence which looks ahead is a natural master, while bodily strength is a natural slave [Aristotle]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction
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9023
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If you say that a contradiction is true, you change the meaning of 'not', and so change the subject [Quine]
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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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Aristotelian definition involves first stating the genus, then the differentia of the thing [Aristotle, by Urmson]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 3. Question Begging
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Men are natural leaders (apart from the unnatural ones) [Aristotle]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 5. Fallacy of Composition
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'If each is small, so too are all' is in one way false, for the whole composed of all is not small [Aristotle]
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