The Art of Controversy (or: The Art of Being Right)
Arthur Schopenhauer
Read by Carl Manchester
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)
Chapters
Preliminary: Logic and Dialectic | 24:38 | Read by Carl Manchester |
The Basis of All Dialectic | 4:52 | Read by Carl Manchester |
Stratagems 1 to 10 | 15:59 | Read by Carl Manchester |
Stratagems 11 to 20 | 9:29 | Read by Carl Manchester |
Stratagems 21 to 30 | 19:03 | Read by Carl Manchester |
Stratagems 31 to 38 | 14:04 | Read by Carl Manchester |
On the comparative place... | 22:31 | Read by Carl Manchester |
Psychological Observations | 17:40 | Read by Carl Manchester |
On the Wisdom of Life: Aphorisms | 36:51 | Read by Carl Manchester |
Genius and Virtue | 28:24 | Read by Carl Manchester |
Reviews
be the one
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.
Amazing
Cameron
A wonderful reading, not to be argued :)
A LibriVox Listener
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Wonderful
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
Efraim Feldman
i havint red meny books but this has trooth
Fudite
great book and reading
Camilo
very true on human nature, great insight especially on the nature of understanding and genious