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"M. Maeterlinck is open-minded. We spoke of other things, of Poe's vague, troubled beauty; of Emerson, upon whose aphoristic philosophy he sets a great store, and of the contemporary theatre." --Steeplejack (James Huneker)

"A wholesome reaction, in one word, has taken place against academical dogmatism ; the study of art has been based upon sounder historical and comparative methods; taste has become appreciably more catholic, open-minded, and unprejudiced." --Essays Speculative and Suggestive by John Addington Symonds.

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Open-mindedness is receptiveness to new ideas.


According to Bertrand Russell, critical thinking presupposes open-mindedness. Among other things, the critical attitude involves an open-minded outlook with respect to our beliefs.

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