I wish there were no such thing as 'winning' an argument. I have argued with a lot with people, I have won the arguments and I do have lost some. But thinking more about what life is and what is it that I really want from life has taught me the real point of having an argument. And 'winning' or 'losing' is not the point.
As by now, we know (well, I do if you don't) that we all are in the pursuit of happiness and we would do everything and anything just to get happiness. Arguing over a fact makes no sense as a fact can be found out without wasting time in arguing. There could be disagreements in philosophical arguments but there is no end to philosophy so there is no real point of winning or losing it, anyone can keep on continuing in contradicting each point and land to nowhere. But it's hard to not argue over something just because there is no point in arguing, isn't it? There is a possibility of result only when something starts. So, we argue.
Then what? Because there really isn't any point of arguing over most of the things, winning or losing shouldn't affect anyone. But it does, all because of evil ego. I wish there was no such thing as ego.
The real point of arguing is to understand better, to know about different perspectives to look at something, to know about more philosophy, to know the facts. Arguments are supposed to happen to increase the knowledge. But the instant we start thinking about winning an argument, the whole purpose is lost, then we start forcing our knowledge, be it right or wrong, over others. We stop learning from that instant. And even if you win it, there won't be satisfaction, because somewhere deep in the heart, you would know that it was ego that won the argument, and ego can't make you happy.
Maybe we can learn to appreciate the arguments, and learn to be a little sorry. Being polite while arguing won't make you lose your value because even if the other person is not ready to lose an argument because of ego, anyways he is going to think about it later and think about that you really didn't want to 'just win' it, sooner or later he is going to understand the purpose, and once he does, he might make others understand it. Let's try and destroy one ego, and start having some good arguments, shall we?
As by now, we know (well, I do if you don't) that we all are in the pursuit of happiness and we would do everything and anything just to get happiness. Arguing over a fact makes no sense as a fact can be found out without wasting time in arguing. There could be disagreements in philosophical arguments but there is no end to philosophy so there is no real point of winning or losing it, anyone can keep on continuing in contradicting each point and land to nowhere. But it's hard to not argue over something just because there is no point in arguing, isn't it? There is a possibility of result only when something starts. So, we argue.
Then what? Because there really isn't any point of arguing over most of the things, winning or losing shouldn't affect anyone. But it does, all because of evil ego. I wish there was no such thing as ego.
The real point of arguing is to understand better, to know about different perspectives to look at something, to know about more philosophy, to know the facts. Arguments are supposed to happen to increase the knowledge. But the instant we start thinking about winning an argument, the whole purpose is lost, then we start forcing our knowledge, be it right or wrong, over others. We stop learning from that instant. And even if you win it, there won't be satisfaction, because somewhere deep in the heart, you would know that it was ego that won the argument, and ego can't make you happy.
Maybe we can learn to appreciate the arguments, and learn to be a little sorry. Being polite while arguing won't make you lose your value because even if the other person is not ready to lose an argument because of ego, anyways he is going to think about it later and think about that you really didn't want to 'just win' it, sooner or later he is going to understand the purpose, and once he does, he might make others understand it. Let's try and destroy one ego, and start having some good arguments, shall we?
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