Contention is inseparable from creating knowledge. It is not contention we should try to avoid, but discourses that attempt to suppress contention. (Joyce Appleby)

Contention is inseparable from creating knowledge. It is not contention we should try to avoid, but discourses that attempt to suppress contention.

Joyce Appleby

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