Walter Isaacson Quote
Knowledge, he realized, was obtained rather by the use of the ear than of the tongue. So in the Junto, he began to work on his use of silence and gentle dialogue. One method, which he had developed during his mock debates with John Collins in Boston and then when discoursing with Keimer, was to pursue topics through soft, Socratic queries.
Walter Isaacson
Knowledge, he realized, was obtained rather by the use of the ear than of the tongue. So in the Junto, he began to work on his use of silence and gentle dialogue. One method, which he had developed during his mock debates with John Collins in Boston and then when discoursing with Keimer, was to pursue topics through soft, Socratic queries.
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