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# Kathavatthusutta 4.1

Kathāvatthusutta 4.1

- **Language:** Pāli

### [4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3.67.4.1)

Kathāsampayogena, bhikkhave, puggalo veditabbo yadi vā kaccho yadi vā akacchoti.

> You can know whether or not an individual is competent to hold a discussion by seeing how they take part in a discussion.  
> — Topics of Discussion

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## Translations (4)

- [Topics of Discussion](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3.67~en-sujato.4.1) — English
- [Diskussionsthemen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3.67~de-sabbamitta.4.1) — German
- [Основания для разговора](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3.67~ru-sv.4.1) — Russian
- [Les trois sujets de discussion](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3.67~fr-sekha.4.1) — French

## Linked texts (1)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.119.5) — Classical Chinese

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