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In classical philosophy, dialectic is an exchange of proposition (theses) and counter-propositions (antitheses) resulting in a synthesis of the opposing assertions, or at least a qualitative transformation in the direction of the dialogue. It is one of the three original liberal arts or trivium (the other members are rhetoric and grammar) in Western culture. | In classical philosophy, dialectic is an exchange of proposition (theses) and counter-propositions (antitheses) resulting in a synthesis of the opposing assertions, or at least a qualitative transformation in the direction of the dialogue. It is one of the three original liberal arts or trivium (the other members are rhetoric and grammar) in Western culture. | ||
== History jokes & jokes from history == | |||
=== Historical jokes === | |||
=== Jokes about history === | |||
* Why is it called "Mesopotamia"? | |||
** Because there weren't just a lot of Potamians, there was a Mesopotamians! | |||
== other to do == | == other to do == | ||
* [[Anachronism]] | * [[Anachronism]] | ||
* [[Apocryphal]] | * [[Apocryphal]] | ||