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The term "tolerance" derives from the Latin tolerantia, meaning "endurance" or "the ability to bear." For Cicero, tolerantia was a personal virtue--the capacity to endure hardship, injustice, or misfortune with composure. By the sixteenth century the notion of tolerance began to take on a more political dimension, associated with maintaining peace and social concord amid religious conflict. This is seen in developments like the 1555 Peace of Augsburg, even though the term itself was not explicitly invoked. Over time, the concept evolved from

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