The Priority of Nature Over Reason

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    2. Keen Reasoning Based on the Evidence of the Senses 39

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    2. The Beginning of an Outline of Epicurean Reasoning 14

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    2. Tactical Question for the Group Re Terminology In Discussing Reason and Logic 66

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    2. Epicurean Rules of Evidence 11

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    2. Epicurean Logic and Reason: Deriving True Opinion Through Evidence From The Canon of Truth 8

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    2. The Role of Reason and Logic in Epicurean Philosophy - DeWitt's Perspective

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    2. David Sedley: "Epicurus On Dialectic" (With Lots of Discussion of the "Bat Riddle")

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    2. Syllogistic Reasoning and Canonical Reasoning 2

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    2. The Role of Abstractions and Abstract Ideas

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    2. On Syllogisms And the Differences Between Aristotle/Plato and Epicurus 1

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