#adab-al-munazara

¶ Nāgasena’s condition for talking with a king: argue as scholars do, not as kings do

Early in the Milindapañha, the Questions of King Milinda, the king asks the monk Nāgasena to discuss with him. Nāgasena answers with a condition. He will talk if the king will talk as scholars do, not as kings do. What's the difference?…