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'Parmenides', 'Darwinian Metaphysics: Species and Essentialism' and 'New Essays on Human Understanding'
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason
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When questions are doubtful we should concentrate not on objects but on ideas of the intellect [Plato]
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A reason is a known truth which leads to assent to some further truth [Leibniz]
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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 7. Status of Reason
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Opposing reason is opposing truth, since reason is a chain of truths [Leibniz]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 1. Laws of Thought
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General principles, even if unconscious, are indispensable for thinking [Leibniz]
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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 5. Opposites
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Opposites are as unlike as possible [Plato]
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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic
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Plato's 'Parmenides' is the greatest artistic achievement of the ancient dialectic [Hegel on Plato]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 3. Types of Definition
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A nominal definition is of the qualities, but the real definition is of the essential inner structure [Leibniz]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition
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One essence can be expressed by several definitions [Leibniz]
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If our ideas of a thing are imperfect, the thing can have several unconnected definitions [Leibniz]
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Real definitions, unlike nominal definitions, display possibilities [Leibniz]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 5. Genus and Differentia
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Genus and differentia might be swapped, and 'rational animal' become 'animable rational' [Leibniz]
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