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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Parerga and Paralipomena' and 'Aristotle on Matter'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

224	When questions are doubtful we should concentrate not on objects but on ideas of the intellect [Plato]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 5. Opposites

232	Opposites are as unlike as possible [Plato]

2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic

8937	Plato's 'Parmenides' is the greatest artistic achievement of the ancient dialectic [Hegel on Plato]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition

12302

Definitions formed an abstract hierarchy for Aristotle, as sets do for us [Fine,K]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 5. Genus and Differentia

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Aristotle sees hierarchies in definitions using genus and differentia (as we see them in sets) [Fine,K]