Polemical

In looking back on that part of the Farbenlehre which he had himself called 'Polemical' in the title, he said to Eckermann: 'I by no means disavow my severe dissections of the Newtonian statements; it was necessary at the time and will also have its value hereafter; but at bottom all polemical action is repugnant to my nature, and I can take but little pleasure in it.'

Man or Matter Ernst Lehrs

This is a very interesting point, and as someone said, P is for Polemical.

P is for Pronunciation « An A-Z of ELT 2010

Polemical attacks literally all the way down.leo marvinQuote

The Volokh Conspiracy » Obama Accused of Attempted Murder? 2010

Polemical discussions are sometimes inconvenient; but I do not dread them, for they are nearly always, I think, improving.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Sotomayor’s Multiple “Wise Woman” Speeches: 2009

Polemical liberals at worst sputter and at best debate, conservatives practice old-fashioned big-breath talking, long oom pa pa flights of castigation and censure and reproach and excoriation and threat and blame and denunciation in which meaning takes a back seat to verbal skill and style.

Off the Grid: Politics and Power Wolff, Michael 2009

Polemical literature, if seldom of a high class, was abundant and was much appreciated.

Henrik Ibsen 2008

Polemical literature, if seldom of a high class, was abundant and was much appreciated.

Henrik Ibsen 2008

Robinson's Authority and Resistance in the Investiture Contest: The Polemical Literature of the Late Eleventh Century and an undisclosed book on Byzantium, and my first round of PhD applications will be in.

Archive 2007-11-01 2007

Polemical rhetoric is its own art form: sometimes the extreme viewpoint must be taken in order to meet somewhere in the middle, particularly when discussing topics that are somehow beyond reproach

December 2007 2007

Polemical rhetoric is its own art form: sometimes the extreme viewpoint must be taken in order to meet somewhere in the middle, particularly when discussing topics that are somehow beyond reproach

Talking trash about intellectual trash... 2007