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'Parmenides', 'reports of career' and 'talk'
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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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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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It is legitimate to play the devil's advocate [Socrates]
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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 / C. Styles of Reason / 2. Elenchus
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Socrates always proceeded in argument by general agreement at each stage [Socrates, by Xenophon]
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In Socratic dialogue you must say what you believe, so unasserted premises are not debated [Vlastos on Socrates]
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Socrates was pleased if his mistakes were proved wrong [Socrates]
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The method of Socrates shows the student is discovering the truth within himself [Socrates, by Carlisle]
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 6. Definition by Essence
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Socrates sought essences, which are the basis of formal logic [Socrates, by Aristotle]
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