STRANGER: That part of the pugnacious which is a contest of bodily

strength may be properly called by some such name as violent.

THEAETETUS: True.

STRANGER: And when the war is one of words, it may be termed

controversy?

THEAETETUS: Yes.

STRANGER: And controversy may be of two kinds.

THEAETETUS: What are they?

STRANGER: When long speeches are answered by long speeches, and there

is public discussion about the just and unjust, that is forensic

controversy.

THEAETETUS: Yes.

STRANGER: And there is a private sort of controversy, which is cut up

into questions and answers, and this is commonly called disputation?

THEAETETUS: Yes, that is the name.

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