- Tolerance should not be understood as an endurance of people whose characteristics differ from our own; rather, it should be understood as a readiness to respect and appreciate others, to fully grasp the value of other cultures, and to recognize the inalienable equal rights of all human beings.
- Tolerance should not be understood as the endurance of people whose characteristics differ from our own; rather, it should be understood as the readiness to respect and appreciate others, to fully grasp the value of other cultures, and to recognize the inalienable equal rights of all human beings.
I am thinking why there is an article before 'readiness' and 'endurance', considering that both endurance and readiness is uncountable according to the Collins dictionary.
In such a case, since readiness and endurance are a specific kind of thing as explained by what follows them, aka. "to respect and appreciate others" and "of people whose characteristics differ from our own", so 'the' is better than 'a' or 'the' if an article is a must here.
What's wrong with my thoghts?