Both Uses of
dialectic
in
Atlas Shrugged
- He is unable to think dialectically.†
Chpt 2.6 *
- The secret of all their esoteric philosophies, of all their dialectics and super-senses, of their evasive eyes and snarling words, the secret for which they destroy civilization, language, industries and lives, the secret for which they pierce "their own eyes and eardrums, grind out their senses, blank out their minds, the purpose for which they dissolve the absolutes of reason, logic, matter, existence, reality-is to erect upon that plastic fog a single holy absolute: their Wish.†
Chpt 3.7
Definition:
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(dialectic) a search for truth through logical discussion -- especially in reconciling two conflicting influences or ideas