Single Idea 1561

[catalogued under 13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 4. Cultural relativism]

Full Idea

Anything can be acceptable under the right circumstances, and unacceptable under the wrong circumstances.

Gist of Idea

Anything can be acceptable in some circumstances and unacceptable in others

Source

Anon (Diss) (Dissoi Logoi - on Double Arguments [c.401 BCE], §2)

Book Reference

'The First Philosophers', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 2000], p.291

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