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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle

• stcredzero 8y ago
  Then what kind of mind not only refuses to entertain novel thoughts, but will condemn anything that even contains a whiff of what seems to be different thinking? It's easy to see the answer in history.
  • irishcoffee 8y ago
    An uneducated mind?
    • stcredzero 8y ago
      Plenty of educated minds have engaged in just this.
  • wizardforhire 8y ago
    This was one of my dad’s favorite sayings to me when I was growing up. “I don’t know, I fear what I don’t know, I hate what I fear, I seak to destroy what I hate” it was always presented in this rhetorical manner in first person and would always come up anytime there was a topic of ignorance, fear, hate, rage/war on the table of conversation. Needless to say, it was repeated a lot. In hindsight it definitely helped me build empathy towards others and illuminate the motivations of so many. Also it’s worth adding that it was never brought up as a condemnation nor an excuse for the actions of others.