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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'New System and Explanation of New System' and 'The Art of Rhetoric'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason
When questions are doubtful we should concentrate not on objects but on ideas of the intellect [Plato]
Desired responsible actions result either from rational or from irrational desire [Aristotle]
2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 5. Opposites
Opposites are as unlike as possible [Plato]
2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic
Plato's 'Parmenides' is the greatest artistic achievement of the ancient dialectic [Hegel on Plato]
It is the role of dialectic to survey syllogisms [Aristotle]