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An open mind is a process not a state.
Open mindedness requires active engaement with the world. To be blunt, you must consider options and viewpoints AND be prepared to discern the value of each not passively accept all as equally true!
An open mind is not a can to filled with trash and it is not an impermeable vault.
How do you discern worth and what should fill your open mind?
It is trite to say, "we define what is right and what is wrong". Such a position is not freedom, it is slavery. Rather, it gives you (or me) the power to enslave me (or you) according to how right and wrong are defined arbitrarily. Might is right, the strong make the rules. Morality is defined by fashion.
The indvidually determined defintion of "right" only last as long as you have no contact with other people.
If only the purveyors of relativistic drivel were true to the logical consequences of thier arguments. That would be the the only reason to admire Freud, for one. And certainly not Sartre who blathered about the meaninglessness of life but seemed to enjoy his position in it, never engaging in his "ultimate human freedom" - suicide!! PULEEZE! What garbage! But perhaps I am too close minded! However, I plan to keep my mind, unlike Nietzsche.
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