In this post, I noted that open-mindedness is the rational mean between the vices of gullibility (i.e., credulity) and obstinacy. Closed-mindedness is a synonym of obstinacy, and thus one can think of open-mindedness as the Aristotelian place of wisdom between gullibility and closed-mindedness.
Obstinacy and Closed-mindedness
Obstinacy and Closed-mindedness
Obstinacy and Closed-mindedness
In this post, I noted that open-mindedness is the rational mean between the vices of gullibility (i.e., credulity) and obstinacy. Closed-mindedness is a synonym of obstinacy, and thus one can think of open-mindedness as the Aristotelian place of wisdom between gullibility and closed-mindedness.