The Art of Being Right
Author | : Arthur Schopenhauer |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 2018-11-13 |
ISBN-13 | : 9783748183716 |
ISBN-10 | : 3748183712 |
Rating | : 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Art of Being Right written by Arthur Schopenhauer and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Controversial Dialectic is the art of disputing, and of disputing in such a way as to hold one's own, whether one is in the right or the wrong - per fas et nefas. A man may be objectively in the right, and nevertheless in the eyes of bystanders, and sometimes in his own, he may come off worst. For example, I may advance a proof of some assertion, and my adversary may refute the proof, and thus appear to have refuted the assertion, for which there may, nevertheless, be other proofs. In this case, of course, my adversary and I change places: he comes off best, although, as a matter of fact, he is in the wrong.