Z dziejów pojęcia tolerancji – czy tolerancja jest czymś naturalnym?

Abstract

In this paper we focus on some aspects of toleration. After presentation the genesis of the concept of toleration we sketch the history of various conceptions of tolerance. Presentation of some important conceptions of tolerance leads us to modern times. We argued that nowadays toleration is one of the most important problem which is not solved yet. We asked whether tolerance is natural or not. Our research leads us to conclusion that it is very difficult to solve whether tolerance is natural or transcendental. However the history of the concept of tolerance may provide us to the conclusion that tolerance is completely natural and we and only we are responsible for the shape which tolerance takes.