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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Intro to 'Rationality in Greek Thought'' and 'Papers of 1918'

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

23249

The early philosophers thought that reason has its own needs and desires [Frede,M]

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

20768

Like spiderswebs, dialectical arguments are clever but useless [Ariston, by Diog. Laertius]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions

22307

Propositions don't name facts, because two opposed propositions can match one fact [Russell]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / f. The Mean

3049	The chief good is indifference to what lies midway between virtue and vice [Ariston, by Diog. Laertius]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology

3549	Ariston says rules are useless for the virtuous and the non-virtuous [Ariston, by Annas]