dialectic

• A science fictional dialectic, that is, for what other mode of literature can even begin to approach such material? —  Asimov'sSF,April-May2008
• This dialectic is the source of the perceptual and emotional power of Levine's work, the tension between the jewel-like and the expansively rough-hewn. —  GreenCine Daily
• We call our dialectic, materialist, since its roots are neither in heaven nor in the depths of our 'free will,' but in objective reality, in nature.
• The manner of his dialectic, firm and vigorous as the dialectic was in matter, has gradually introduced mitigating elements into the atmosphere of opinion. —  Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 3 (of 3) Essay 2: The Death of Mr Mill - Essay 3: Mr Mill's Autobiography
• Therefore eloquence is effective in proportion to the measure of wisdom which each one has acquired; for the former does harm if it is dissociated from the latter From this it follows that dialectic, which is the quickest and most prompt among the hand-maids of eloquence, is of use to each one in proportion to the measure of his knowledge. —  Readings in the History of Education Mediaeval Universities

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