The Art of Controversy or The Art of Being Right is an acidulous, sarcastic treatise written by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. In it, Schopenhauer examines a total of thirty-eight methods of showing up one's opponent in a debate. He introduces his essay with the idea that philosophers have concentrated in ample measure on the rules of logic, but have not engaged with the darker art of the dialectic, of controversy. Whereas the purpose of logic is classically said to be a method of arriving at the truth, dialectic, says Schopenhauer, "...on the other hand, would treat of the intercourse between two rational beings who, because they are rational, ought to think in common, but who, as soon as they cease to agree like two clocks keeping exactly the same time, create a disputation, or intellectual contest."
Louder Than Words : The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning
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Jiddu Krishnamurti
audiobookIs there a movement other than the movement of thought? : Twelve Public Meetings, Saanen, Switzerland, 1974
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audiobookCan the mind observe without comparison? : Eight Small Group Discussions, Malibu, USA, 1970
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audiobookThought, stillness and time : Gstad small group Discussion 1965
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audiobookCan There Be Complete Freedom Of Thought? : Six Public Meetings Brockwood Park Uk 1972
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audiobookCan Thought Be Silent? : Four Public Talks - Berkeley USA 1969
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audiobookKnowledge and Learning are two Different things : Eight Public Talks with Young People, Claremont Colleges, USA, 1968
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audiobookInterview by Frank Waters : Malibu 1972
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audiobookBeing A Light To Oneself : Four Small Group Discussions Ojai USA 1972
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audiobookThere Is insight when thought is absent : Fourteen public Meetings Saanen Switzerland 1972
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audiobookThe seed of a million years : Madras (Chennai) 1979_80 - Public Meetings
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