"I disagree with what you say,
but I will defend to the death your right to say it"
That's what Voltaire, famous French philosopher and writer, said more than two hundreds years ago.
His aim was to give to others freedom to express and to share their opinions, even if those were different from his own point of view.
We all should follow his example: instead too often we keep straight forward with our ideas and we don't even listen to other's opinions if we're not pleased with them..
That's why, above all on social networks, most conversations have "strong" tones and
nobody but a few feels satisfied...
but I will defend to the death your right to say it"
That's what Voltaire, famous French philosopher and writer, said more than two hundreds years ago.
His aim was to give to others freedom to express and to share their opinions, even if those were different from his own point of view.
We all should follow his example: instead too often we keep straight forward with our ideas and we don't even listen to other's opinions if we're not pleased with them..
That's why, above all on social networks, most conversations have "strong" tones and
nobody but a few feels satisfied...
Some days ago I deepened this topic with my classmates, and we found out that a conversation can be a simple dialogue between people, or can be a debate, and there are important differences among them:
first of all, a dialogue is more pacific, as long as speakers have no aims or goals but only want to share opinions which are considered of the same value. Then, there isn't a fixed topic and all interlocutors can intervene into the conversation and can learn from it.
Conversely, in a debate there is a person or a group of people which disputes or argues with another group, trying to make their own "truth", or point or view, to predominate by the power of their arguments.
Nobody can learn anything from this opposition, as long as there will be one looser and one winner!
first of all, a dialogue is more pacific, as long as speakers have no aims or goals but only want to share opinions which are considered of the same value. Then, there isn't a fixed topic and all interlocutors can intervene into the conversation and can learn from it.
Conversely, in a debate there is a person or a group of people which disputes or argues with another group, trying to make their own "truth", or point or view, to predominate by the power of their arguments.
Nobody can learn anything from this opposition, as long as there will be one looser and one winner!
I noticed that many dialogues, even between friends of mine, sometimes take some features of a debate,and that's not positive...
so I think it would be nice if everyone of us,at least once,showed more interest or enthusiasm in what others have to say. :)
so I think it would be nice if everyone of us,at least once,showed more interest or enthusiasm in what others have to say. :)
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