The Art of Controversy (or: The Art of Being Right)

The Art of Controversy (or The Art of Being Right) (Die Kunst, Recht zu Behalten) is a short treatise written in 1831 by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in which he presents thirty-eight methods of gaining an unfair advantage in a debate and thereby being right even if you are wrong. Schopenhauer champions the virtue of dialectical argument, in his view wrongly neglected by philosophers in favour of logic, and goes on to discuss the distinction between our conscious intellectual powers and our will. The text is a favourite of debaters including the philosophers AC Grayling and Mary Warnock, and the Mayor of London Boris Johnson. (Summary by Carl Manchester) (3 hr 13 min)

Chapitres

Preliminary: Logic and Dialectic	24:38	Lu par Carl Manchester
The Basis of All Dialectic	4:52	Lu par Carl Manchester
Stratagems 1 to 10	15:59	Lu par Carl Manchester
Stratagems 11 to 20	9:29	Lu par Carl Manchester
Stratagems 21 to 30	19:03	Lu par Carl Manchester
Stratagems 31 to 38	14:04	Lu par Carl Manchester
On the comparative place...	22:31	Lu par Carl Manchester
Psychological Observations	17:40	Lu par Carl Manchester
On the Wisdom of Life: Aphorisms	36:51	Lu par Carl Manchester
Genius and Virtue	28:24	Lu par Carl Manchester

Critiques

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Ejmin

if you want to debate and win no matter what read this book. it will guide you how to argue and cope with any challenges your opponent comes up with. the only thing that you should know if you want this to be efficent is to practice as much as you can to develop these methods in your subconscious mind. By the way, a friendly reminder, be honest with yourself first, are you absolutely sure that you are right or you just want to win this debate? if you are then go for it.

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Amazing

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Cameron

A wonderful reading, not to be argued :)

Wonderful

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A LibriVox Listener

Best to listen when you have maximum time to unpack all of the gems contained herein. Distracted listening will take many times to digest.

Chapter 9 has some life changing ideas in much greater concentra

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Efraim Feldman

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