#dialectics

Was not Hypatia the greatest philosopher of Alexandria, and a true martyr to the old values of learning? She was torn to pieces by a mob of incensed Christians not because she was a woman, but because her learning was so profound, her skills at dialectic so extensive that she reduced all who queried her to embarrassed silence. They could not argue with her, so they murdered her. ↗

— Iain Pears

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It should be added that, in general, it is the character of every metaphysical and theological argument to seek to explain one absurdity by another. ↗

— Michael Bakunin

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dialectics, as a veteran communist explained . . . 'is the art and technique of always landing on your feet. ↗

— Tony Judt

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