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       Schopenhauer's 38 Stratagems, or 38 Ways to Win an Argument
        
       Author : marban
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2022-05-16 16:39 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | kratom_sandwich wrote:
       | With the 36 Chinese stratagems, this makes a total of 74
       | stratagems you can rely upon.
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Six_Stratagems
        
       | incomingpain wrote:
        
         | Pompidou wrote:
         | Schopenhauer died in 1860. NSDAP was funded in 1920. In wich
         | way was Schopenhauer a Nazi ?
        
           | threads2 wrote:
           | "The highest civilization and culture, apart from the ancient
           | Hindus and Egyptians, are found exclusively among the white
           | races" - Schopenhauer, Parerga and Paralipomena, Vol. 2, "On
           | Philosophy and Natural Science," SS92, trans. Payne (p.
           | 158-159).
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           | "[Judaism] is, therefore, the crudest and poorest of all
           | religions and consists merely in an absurd and revolting
           | theism." - Schopenhauer, "Fragments for the History of
           | Philosophy", Parerga and Paralipomena, Volume I, trans. Payne
           | (p. 126).
        
             | Pompidou wrote:
             | Thank you very much, I will take a look. Do you know of
             | such ideas in The World as Will and Representation ?
        
             | vt85 wrote:
        
             | rohfle wrote:
             | The first quote:
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             | https://archive.org/details/23341891SchopenhauerParergaAndP
             | a...
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             | The second quote:
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             | https://archive.org/details/23341891SchopenhauerParergaAndP
             | a...
        
           | incomingpain wrote:
           | >Schopenhauer died in 1860. NSDAP was funded in 1920. In wich
           | way was Schopenhauer a Nazi ?
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           | I was following Rule 38.
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           | LoL I got flagged for being 100% on subject.
        
       | bloodyplonker22 wrote:
       | The greatest users of these tactics: politicians. They're great
       | at not necessarily "winning an argument", but making it seem like
       | they won to the weaker minded.
        
       | xcambar wrote:
       | This book should be read by everyone at least a bit interested
       | into how a debate works.
       | 
       | The analytical prowess of Schopenhauer is brilliant and
       | highlights very clearly many of the tactics everyone uses
       | willingly or unwillingly when in need to convince or to prove a
       | point.
       | 
       | A short and good read.
        
       | RicoElectrico wrote:
       | If anything, this drives home the point that debates are never
       | about finding the truth. But what is the alternative? I don't
       | know.
        
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