dialectics

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Clearly, dialectics was central to Socrates’s philosophical method.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

The dialectics of that change of mood are instructive.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2020

Knox’s dialectics follow us throughout: It turns out that we were just as conflicted about seduction centuries ago as we are now.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2020

In that moment, Cardi invoked one of the oldest dialectics in black music.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2018

Aristotle made a distinction between rhetoric and dialectics.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith