Debate is contention in argument; dispute, controversy; discussion; esp. the discussion of questions of public interest in Parliament or in any assembly. Debating is carried out in many assemblies of various types to discuss matters and to make resolutions about action to be taken, often by a vote. Deliberative bodies such as parliaments, legislative assemblies, and meetings of all sorts engage in debates. In particular, in parliamentary democrac...
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- Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate. ,
- If I tell you that I would be disobeying the god and on that account it is impossible for me to keep quiet, you won't be persuaded by me, taking it that I am ionizing. And if I tell you that it is the greatest good for a human being to have discussions every day about virtue and the other things you hear me talking about, examining myself and others, and that the unexamined life is not livable for a human being, you will be even less persuaded. ,
- Books and harlots have their quarrels in public. ,
- It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy -- but he who has shown the better temper. ,
- A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.
