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It is not he
who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in
controversy -- but he who has shown the better temper.
-- Samuel Butler
1612-1680, British Poet,
Satirist
Freedom is
hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and
debate.
-- Hubert H. Humphrey
1911-1978, American
Democratic Politician, Vice President
Information,
usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better
understood as its by-product.
-- Christopher Lasch
1932-, American Historian
If I tell you
that I would be disobeying the god and on that account it is
impossible for me to keep quiet, you won't be persuaded by
me, taking it that I am ionizing. And if I tell you that it
is the greatest good for a human being to have discussions
every day about virtue and the other things you hear me
talking about, examining myself and others, and that the
unexamined life is not livable for a human being, you will
be even less persuaded.
-- Socrates
BC 469-399, Greek Philosopher
of Athens
A philosopher
who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who
never goes into the ring.
-- Ludwig Wittgenstein
1889-1951, Austrian
Philosopher
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