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I have always wondered why debate must turn into argument. I understand people hold dearly their opinions, but in all honesty, the moment we stop considering other people is the moment we start risking our own arguments stop making sense.
I find it particularly interesting in the history of Philosophy, which isn’t other thing than the “art” (with apologies to any and all artists that might read this) or conversing, debating and finding answers to things nobody can quite understand. And yet since the very beginning of it the debate of whether the Mind is over the Matter, or the Matter is over the Mind has separated them and placed them in opposing sides of what I feel is the same debate.
Sure, not everyone fights and bickers about it, but I’m surprised the number of people who tries to get the best from both ideals is not as large as I expected.
The middle point is, sometimes, the best of both worlds and the most convenient choice.