The concept of " anatroptics" is the art of knocking down the opponent's thesis in dialogue or writing. This concept is included within the philosophical logic and its main purpose is to raise questions about the above in order to bring the answers along a desired path.
The word comes from the Greek "anatreptike" and is composed of "tékne", which is "art", and "anatrépo", which means "to go backwards" or "to turn around." It is not present in the Dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy, nor is it frequently used in other texts or journalistic articles, except in ancient philosophical books.
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The "anatroptics" is included within the philosophical logic, which studies the structures of thought to form valid laws and principles in pursuit of truth. Logic seeks to distinguish right from wrong.
In this case, an interlocutor used anatroptic resources with which, taking the opponent's sayings, he formulated questions or statements that made the other's arguments falter, at the same time that he directed them towards the position taken by him.
So, "anatroptic" dialogues were destined to overturn, upset, or destroy false definitions and prematurely established or at least inaccurate concepts and theories. In ancient logic, this was a special art of competitive dialectics aimed at overthrowing the opposite thesis.
One of the references in this resource was Plato, who wrote the following works based on the anatréptics: H ippias Minor. On the Lie, Hippias Mayor. On the Beautiful and Eutiremo or the Erística.
In addition to these works, Plato also uses it in the Cratylus, with the sense of total ruin and linking it with misfortune to later also use it in Republic and Laws, where it takes on a descriptive sense again.
Of course, as a genre of study it is not free from other interpretations, it is also classified as a subversive or destructive adjective. Although it qualifies the one who refutes, it is also used to refer to what is overturned or what is overturned.
Synonyms
Words that have a meaning similar to "anatreptic" are "refute", "contradict", "reformulate", "chicanear", "oppose", "clarify", "contrast", "precede", "compare", "knock down" "," Dethrone "," depose "," replace "," supplant "," change "," relieve "," replace "," overthrow "," abdicate "," tear down "," collapse, "revolve", 'Flip', 'destroy', 'ruin', 'refute', 'excite' or 'revive'.
Antonyms
On the other hand, those that mean the opposite are "agree", "accept", "agree", "agree", "agree", "try", "stay", "adjust", "fit", "subscribe"; "Close", "add", "join", "settle", "agree", "assimilate", "incorporate", "validate", "validate" or "take for granted."
Usage examples
- "The Minor Hippias, one of Plato's earliest works, is of the anatreptic genre."
- «Through the anatroptics it was possible for his arguments to get closer to ours».
- «Ernesto is a very cultured and talkative person. He would be an expert in anthropology because he always manages to convince people.
- «Anatroptically speaking, he is a great speaker who loves the discussion of ideas».
- «Anatroptics was the art of turning a discussion around and taking it where it was convenient for one of the interlocutors».
- «One of the masters of the anatroptics was undoubtedly Plato».
- «Don't be an anatreptic and want to take the discussion where it suits you».
- "In the presidential debate, the candidate used techniques of the anatroptics to be able to twist the arm from the discursive point of view of his opponent.
- "An anaptic discussion would be exciting to listen to."
- «I endowed myself with anatroptic resources to be able to tear down any type of discussion that they want to tackle».
- «Every time I put an idea to Joaquín, an anatroptic dialogue begins that helps me to observe it from another point of view».
- "We must have anatroptic values to be able to turn this unfair situation around."
- "An anaptic policy is necessary to bring down this corrupt government."
References
- Plato. "Dialogues of Plato". Recovered from: books.google.it
- «Anatréptike». (2019). Garzanti Linguistica. Recovered from: garzantilinguistica.it
- Jean Brun. (2001). Plato and the Academy. Recovered from: books.google.it
- Dr. Joaquín D. Meabe. (2009). «The nietzschean anatréptika; the reformulation of Foucault, Deleuze and Derrida '. Recovered from: controversianet.blogspot.com