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19630	No great idea ever emerged from a dialogue [Cioran]
	Full Idea: Nothing monumental has ever emerged from dialogue, nothing explosive, nothing 'great'.
	From: E.M. Cioran (A Short History of Decay [1949], 3)
	A reaction: This may be an argument in favour of dialogue! It smacks of the creepier side of Nietzsche's thinking. I suspect individuals have had many great ideas during dialogues, though not as part of them. Greek schools were all dialogue.