Polemics (pronounced /pəˈlɛmɪks/, /poʊ-/) is the practice of disputing or controverting religious, philosophical, or political matters. A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions As such, a polemic text on a topic is often written specifically to dispute or refute a position or theory that is widely viewed to be beyond reproach.

The antonym of a polemic source is an apologia. In Lexical semantics, opposites are words that lie in an inherently incompatible binary relationship as in the opposite pairs male: female, long: short

Polemic journalism was common in continental Europe when libel laws weren't stringent. ^[1] The Research Support Libraries Programme "Pamphlet and polemic: pamphlets as a guide to the controversies of the 17th-19th centuries", co-managed by the University of St. Andrews, the University of Aberdeen, and University of Wales Lampeter, collected and placed thousands of pamphlets on-line as a study of polemic rhetoric of that era. The University of St Andrews is the oldest University in Scotland and third oldest in the English-speaking world, having been founded between The University of Aberdeen is an Ancient university founded in 1495, in Old Aberdeen, Scotland. University of Wales Lampeter (Prifysgol Cymru Llanbedr Pont Steffan is a University ^[2] There are other meanings of the word as well. Polemic is also a branch of theology, pertaining to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy. Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective Ecclesiology (from Greek grc ἐκκλησίᾱ ekklēsiā, "congregation church" and grc -λογία -logia) is the study of the ^[3]

The word is derived from the Greek word polemikos (πολεμικως) which means "warlike", "hostile". ^[4] Plato uses a character named Polemarchus in his dialogue Republic as a vehicle to drive forward an ethical debate. Biography Early life Birth and family Plato was born in Athens Greece Polemarchus (d 404 BC was the son of Cephalus of Syracuse He had two brothers Lysias and Euthydemus, and a sister who married Brachyllus The Republic ( Greek: / Politeía, meaning "political system" Latin: Res Publica, meaning "public business" or

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See also

• Apologia
• Conversational intolerance
• Devil's advocate