Argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision

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Personifications of law, medicine and theology argue over the superiority of their respective professions. Engraving by GWHWHNM, ca. 1720.

Christ curses the Pharisees. Etching by F.A. Ludy after J.F. Overbeck, 1843.

Christ among sick people and the Pharisees ('The hundred guilder print'). Wood engraving by H. Linton after T. Beech (?) after Rembrandt, 1649.

Two physicians in New England discussing the treatment of a patient with an injured leg who is lying on a wooden table. Engraving.

John baptises Christ in the Jordan. Engraving by P. Galle, 1564, after M. van Heemskerck.

The young Christ lectures the doctors of the Temple. Engraving by E. Rouargue.

Christ among sick people and Pharisees.

A male and female warrior dispute over a child lying prone underneath; representing rhetoric. Etching by C. Schut.

An old man discourses with a woman with a bird on her head; representing dialectic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.

Christ among the doctors. Engraving by A. de Bruyn, c. 1580, after S. Crispi.

A group of physicians having stormy discussions in an elaborately decorated room. Engraving by A.H. Payne after J. Geyer.

Christ among sick people and the Pharisees ('The hundred guilder print'). Etching by T. Worlidge, 1758, after Rembrandt, 1649.

Christ tells the apostles that to be as humble as a child makes one the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Etching by A. Pflugfelder after J.F. Overbeck, 1846.

The humanist-scholastic debate in the Renaissance & Reformation / Erika Rummel.

The five days debate at Cicero's house in Tusculum : Upon 1. Comforts against death. 2. Patience under pain. 3. The cure of discontent. 4. The government of the passions. 5. The chief end of Man. Between master and sophister.

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Debates and debating

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Christ tells the apostles that to be as humble as a child makes one the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Etching by A. Pflugfelder after J.F. Overbeck, 1846.

The humanist-scholastic debate in the Renaissance & Reformation / Erika Rummel.

A male and female warrior dispute over a child lying prone underneath; representing rhetoric. Etching by C. Schut.

The five days debate at Cicero's house in Tusculum : Upon 1. Comforts against death. 2. Patience under pain. 3. The cure of discontent. 4. The government of the passions. 5. The chief end of Man. Between master and sophister.

Christ curses the Pharisees. Etching by F.A. Ludy after J.F. Overbeck, 1843.

Debates and debating

Images from the collections

Images referencing Debates and debating

Works from the collections

Christ tells the apostles that to be as humble as a child makes one the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Etching by A. Pflugfelder after J.F. Overbeck, 1846.

The humanist-scholastic debate in the Renaissance & Reformation / Erika Rummel.

A male and female warrior dispute over a child lying prone underneath; representing rhetoric. Etching by C. Schut.

The five days debate at Cicero's house in Tusculum : Upon 1. Comforts against death. 2. Patience under pain. 3. The cure of discontent. 4. The government of the passions. 5. The chief end of Man. Between master and sophister.

Christ curses the Pharisees. Etching by F.A. Ludy after J.F. Overbeck, 1843.

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