dialectic
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Through an artistic probing of form, perhaps reflective of his ancestors’ Talmudic dialectic, he questioned traditional pieties and challenged an existing order.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
How did you create the narrative since you imagined this as a dialectic film?
From Salon • Sep. 6, 2024
“This year’s recipients reflect the inevitable dialectic between individual creativity and community in the life of the arts.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2023
There is an interesting dialectic between these two great writers that reveals Brazilian subjectivities.
From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2023
Zeno put it like this: “Rhetoric is an open palm; dialectic a closed fist.”
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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