Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Diogenes Laertius, John M. Cooper and Wolfgang von Goethe

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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic

3035	Dialectic involves conversations with short questions and brief answers [Diog. Laertius]
	Full Idea: Dialectic is when men converse by putting short questions and giving brief answers to those who question them.
	From: Diogenes Laertius (Lives of Eminent Philosophers [c.250], 3.1.52)