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Dialectic

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a method of examining ideas through structured argument and counter-argument
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Stage 1 of 2
dialektike
Greek · ancient
"the art of discussion"
the art of discussion and reasoned argument, from dialegesthai (to converse)
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Stage 2 of 2
dialectic
English · 1400s
"a method of reasoning through structured argument"
settled as the English word for reasoning through structured argument
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