Literary notes about tolerance (AI summary)
Literary usage of the term "tolerance" encompasses a diverse range of meanings and applications. It often appears as a descriptor of physical or conceptual space—a kind of leeway or room for maneuver [1, 2]—yet it also emerges as a defining character trait, suggesting calm, philosophical composure or a grudging respect in interpersonal relationships [3, 4, 5]. In discussions of religion, politics, and society, the word can serve to critique or commend a disposition toward acceptance and restraint [6, 7, 8]. Authors further examine tolerance as an active, sometimes contested virtue—one that can border on indifference or provoke philosophical debate about its true scope and limitations [9, 10, 11, 12].
- dimension, length &c. 200; distance &c. 196; size &c. 192; volume; hypervolume. latitude, play, leeway, purchase, tolerance, room for maneuver.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - — N. inexcitability[obs3], imperturbability, inirritability[obs3]; even temper, tranquil mind, dispassion; tolerance, patience, coolth [coll.].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - He achieved a staidness, and calmness, and philosophic tolerance.
— from White Fang by Jack London - This person, however, improved on acquaintance, and Ralph grew at last to have a certain grudging tolerance, even an undemonstrative respect, for him.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James - Selma was a studious girl, who had not much tolerance for giddy things like Tiny and Lena; but they always spoke of her with admiration.
— from My Ántonia by Willa Cather - The appeal to religious tolerance always wins, and is sometimes useful in diverting attention from other things.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous - Ignorance, suppression, silence, collusion—these are not tolerance.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous - The United States, with its good-natured tolerance of all races, offers a promising field.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous - Yet, at bottom, after all the talk there is and has been about it, what is tolerance?
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle - Tolerance, I say; a very genuine kind of tolerance: he distinguishes what is essential, and what is not; the unessential may go very much as it will.
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle - Tolerance has to be noble, measured, just in its very wrath, when it can tolerate no longer.
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle - One knows very well that, in reducing ideals to practice, great latitude of tolerance is needful; very great.
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle
