people seem to think that we should tolerate one another to get along, i partly agree with it: we should tolerate others, but not when they're close.
tolerance is an attitude that, instead of accepting people for what they are, ignores them and creates a distance between us all. we don't tolerate good things, only bad ones. who ever heard of tolerating love or friendship? we tolerate faults and bad stuff, and tolerating someone is creating a rift between them, as if they are bad and wrong and we should just ignore it.
arrogance, on the other side, is accepting the solipsistic view that our biology confines us to and, being aware of it, relating to other people as they are, with all their faults and annoyances. only by accepting our own arrogance and by accepting others as they truly are can we relate closely to others. the key word here is "accepting", a moment of letting ourselves open to others and letting them into our lives. only arrogance permits us that.
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