dialecticians

For Aristotle himself has given many rules for arguing: and those who followed him, and who are called dialecticians, have delivered many very difficult rules.

The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero

And those who have this art, I have hitherto been in the habit of calling dialecticians; but God knows whether the name is right or not.

Phaedrus 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855

A similar mentality can be seen in another school which appeared from the fifth century B.C. on, the "dialecticians".

A History of China Wolfram Eberhard 1949

But, good dialecticians, they argued that before the “inevitable fusion (sliyanie) of nations,” nationalities would have to pass through phases of blossoming (rassvet—literally “dawn”) and convergence (sblizhenie).

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

At this juncture, in earlier ages, subtler dialecticians placed civilized wagers, as you can discover from the 19th-century "Betting Book" at All Souls College, Oxford, in which, for instance, Steel-Maitland bets Edgeworth that with three exceptions no monument exists within a radius of five miles from the center of Rome, built between 100 B.C. and A.D. 300, possessing an arch with a lateral thrust.

The Art of 'I Told You So' Jan Morris 2011

But, good dialecticians, they argued that before the “inevitable fusion (sliyanie) of nations,” nationalities would have to pass through phases of blossoming (rassvet—literally “dawn”) and convergence (sblizhenie).

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

But, good dialecticians, they argued that before the “inevitable fusion (sliyanie) of nations,” nationalities would have to pass through phases of blossoming (rassvet—literally “dawn”) and convergence (sblizhenie).

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

At this juncture, in earlier ages, subtler dialecticians placed civilized wagers, as you can discover from the 19th-century Betting Book at All Souls College, Oxford, in which, for instance, Steel-Maitland bets Edgeworth that with three exceptions no monument exists within a radius of five miles from the center of Rome, built between 100 BC and AD 300, possessing an arch with a lateral thrust.

Telling Them So Jan Morris 2011

But, good dialecticians, they argued that before the “inevitable fusion (sliyanie) of nations,” nationalities would have to pass through phases of blossoming (rassvet—literally “dawn”) and convergence (sblizhenie).

The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

Nor was it necessary to have more than a superficial acquaintance with the works of these dialecticians in order to realize that their approach differed vastly from his.

Lorenzo Valla Nauta, Lodi 2009