Controversial Dialectic is the art of disputing, and of disputing in such a way as to hold one"s own, whether one is in the right or the wrong-per fas et nefas. A man may be objectively in the right, and nevertheless in the eyes of bystanders, and sometimes in his own, he may come off worst... Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Art of Controversy - 1921 (Артур Шопенгауэр)