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Spirit critic şi toleranţă (de la Voltaire la Coşeriu)
Critical Spirit and Tolerance (from Voltaire to Coseriu)

Author(s): Cristinel Munteanu
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Aesthetics, Comparative Study of Literature, French Literature, Romanian Literature
Published by: Revista de știință și cultură ”Limba Română”
Keywords: critical thinking; tolerance; arts; aesthetics; correct usage;

Summary/Abstract: Critical spirit and tolerance are notions which do not exclude each other. As freedom without rules is not actually authentic freedom, but libertinism (leading to chaos or barbarism), so tolerance without critical thinking (or critical spirit) leads to similar regrettable results. One can also judge the other way round, starting with critical spirit and stating that sometimes, in certain circumstances, critical spirit should be doubled by tolerance. This is what I intend to prove in my article, dealing with statements belonging to Voltaire and to Coseriu.

  • Issue Year: XXXII/2022
  • Issue No: 7-12
  • Page Range: 92-97
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian