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coldtea on July 30, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to read Plato (1995)

>This is not starting off well. The first rule is to interpret him in the most favorable way possible...

That should be something people should strive for in every discussion. It's called the Principle of Charity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity

supersrdjan on July 31, 2018 [–]

Or what they call steelman as opposed to strawman, right?

coldtea on July 31, 2018 | [–]

I guess so, though I haven't heard the first term!

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