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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic
Dialectics is mastery of question and answer form [Stoic school, by Diog. Laertius]
     Full Idea: Dialectical knowledge is about conversing correctly in speeches of question and answer form.
     From: report of Stoic school (fragments/reports [c.200 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 07.42
     A reaction: The whole of ancient Greek philosophy seems to be aimed at speaking well.