The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; the Art of Controversy

By Arthur Schopenhauer
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The Art of Being Right: 38 Ways to Win an Argument (also The Art of Controversy, or Eristic Dialectic: The Art of Winning an Argument; German: Eristische Dialektik: Die Kunst, Recht zu behalten; 1831) is an acidulous, sarcastic treatise written by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer.[1] 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 (especially since the time of Immanuel Kant) 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."

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GenrePhilosophy
Length3 hrs 12 mins
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Publish dateMar 6, 2020
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.
2PRELIMINARY: LOGIC AND DIALECTIC.
3STRATAGEMS.
4ON THE COMPARATIVE PLACE OF INTEREST AND BEAUTY IN WORKS OF ART.
5PSYCHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
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6ON THE WISDOM OF LIFE: APHORISMS.
7GENIUS AND VIRTUE.

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