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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

— Montaigne

Montaigne.

The point

Loud, forceful argument often betrays weak reasoning rather than strong conviction.

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Adults
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under a minute · 15 words
Subjects
ReasoningArgumentTruthWisdomFactReasonHumility

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