dialectics

These were called Ideas; and ideas are the basis of his system, or rather the subject-matter of dialectics.

Rhetoric became connected with dialectics, and in Greece, Sicily, and Italy both were extensively cultivated.

As for mingled wut and dialectics, where can one find a better foundation for dinner-table conversation?

In this case, by strictly following (the course of dialectics) we would reduce the Good to being a form and a reason.

He would combat the philosophical reasonings of Roscelin with still keener dialectics.