"However, the main purpose of the conversation is to inform or gain knowledge, as well as to entertain and convince. (...) Because even if the goal was education, the necessity of the method of explanation breeds discord and is also an obstacle to attentive listening. And if you wish to be educated on other people's science, yet you voice your firm opinion, the modest and reasonable people who are not enthusiastic about the debate will leave you in peace in your error.
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However, the main purpose of the conversation is to inform or gain knowledge, as well as to entertain and convince. (...) Because even if the goal was education, the necessity of the method of explanation breeds discord and is also an obstacle to attentive listening. And if you wish to be educated on other people's science, yet you voice your firm opinion, the modest and reasonable people who are not enthusiastic about the debate will leave you in peace in your error.
""A beszélgetés legfőbb célja mégis, hogy tudassunk vagy tudomást szerezzünk, továbbá hogy szórakoztassunk és meggyőzzünk. (...) Mert ha kioktatás volt is a cél, a kifejtés módjának feltétlensége viszályt szül, és gátlója a figyelmes meghallgattatásnak is. Ha pedig okulást kívánsz mások tudományán, mégis szilárd véleményedet hangoztatod, az olyan szerény és értelmes emberek, akik a vitáért nem lelkesülnek, meghagynak tévedésedben békével."