tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post2897722865461349327..comments2024-03-28T09:54:55.115-05:00Comments on Dad29: Aristotle in DeutschlandDad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-6044822915444603682016-01-12T05:36:03.544-06:002016-01-12T05:36:03.544-06:00Chesterton: "Tolerance is the virtue of the ...Chesterton: "Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions."<br /><br />Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-5823802786640807182016-01-12T05:22:50.297-06:002016-01-12T05:22:50.297-06:00Thx, Grim!Thx, Grim!Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-32460241057903539772016-01-12T00:29:00.159-06:002016-01-12T00:29:00.159-06:00That doesn't sound like Aristotle to me. He w...That doesn't sound like Aristotle to me. He wouldn't use the word "virtue" to describe a trait that leads reliably to destruction, which is what the quote suggests. A virtue is defined by the fact that it is generally the best course in life (see the first pages of the <i>Nicomachean Ethics</i>).<br /><br />What he does say that is relevant is in <i>Politics</i> Book V:<br /><br />"Another cause of revolution is a difference in peoples which do not at once acquire a common spirit; for a state is not a growth of a day, any more than it grows out of a multitude brought together by accident. Hence the reception of strangers in colonies, either at the time of their foundation or afterwards, has generally produced revolution[.]" (1303a25ff, if you have a copy with the line numbers).Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-16867074424654109422016-01-11T14:57:10.127-06:002016-01-11T14:57:10.127-06:00nope.nope.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-72343013224707140742016-01-11T12:23:03.080-06:002016-01-11T12:23:03.080-06:00Do you have a citation to where this statement is ...Do you have a citation to where this statement is in Aristotle's works? The index entries for tolerance and toleration in my copy do not cite anything close.Terrence Berreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com