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The ancient Romans said,
"They are a strange ethnic group. 10 people come up with 11 opinions."
At night, in aristocrats' houses,
In the daytime, at squares,
they used to have arguments and conversation with each other.
Masters of Discussion
The Acropolis means the highest city.
"The upper city"
made of limestone, which overlooks Athens,
60 to 70 m above sea level.
At Acropolis square, citizens discussed issues
regarding politics, military, and religion and took a vote.
And
another square under a very high hill
Merchants who display goods on branches of a willow tress,
and clowns, dancers, and magicians who perform.
In a festive mood, someone begins a discussion.
Citizens gather by subject.
Information is shared.
Government officials who take the reins of Athens,
citizens who are interested in political issues
people who went out shopping talked about current issues.
The so-called "masters of discussion," sophists began to give lectures.
A citizen who frequented the busy place,
A person who waddled with unkempt hair and bare feet,
asking people questions, Socrates
And yes or no was represented by the color of a stone.
There is no right answer to their discussion.
Nobody steps back.
Sometimes, they did not even start work
while quibbling over which method was better.
Sometimes they regarded discussion as an obstacle.
That looked like messy and distracting, and time-consuming,
"The inefficiency of discussion"
However,
such a long discussion revealed
"right and wrong," and "truth and false."
After a long time,
their discussion became the basis for citizen autonomy,
and modern people call the square the cradle of democracy.
"Agorazo": a Greek word meaning "going to market,gathering, holding an assembly"
"Agorazo"
"Agora"
"Agora, Greece, the center of democracy is
not just a place.
There were communication and discussion.
And in the process, people learned about mutual understanding and cooperation."