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Aristotle

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

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An educated person can consider an idea carefully and understand it without feeling the need to agree with it. This ability shows critical thinking, where one evaluates different viewpoints without immediately accepting them as true.

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