interlocutor
Noun
Meaning
One who takes part in dialogue or conversation; a talker, interpreter, or questioner.
An interlocutory judgment or sentence.
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Socrates splits himself into two, so that there are two Socrates: the Socrates who knows in advance how the discussion is going to end, and the Socrates who travels the entire dialectical path along with his interlocutor.
There was a Socratic style of life (which the Cynics were to imitate), and the Socratic dialogue was an exercise which brought Socrates' interlocutor to put himself in question, to take care of himself, and to make his soul as beautiful and wise as possible.
Nixon was one of the most gifted of American Presidents, prepared to make tough decisions and courageous in doing so. But he needed solitude for such an act. Face-to-face, Nixon was obsessively incapable of overruling an interlocutor or even disagreeing with him.
Another interlocutor Sadhana Ramachandran said that they will hold talks with the protestors tomorrow also.
According to our anonymous interlocutor, the crowd then stormed several Kyrgyz houses and took some 40 residents hostage, although it is not clear what for.
For that, we need an interlocutor who is democratically installed.”