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In the present culture we have many various notions of tolerance. In the colloquial speech it is very elastic and ambiguous term, because of the difficulties in estabilishing one, universally valid definition of this word. It is an important question whether we can establish a universal notion of this word – which takes into consideration the man as the person? Such universal approach to the problem of tolerance is possible – basing on the realistic theory of the human person. This theory is based on universal relation to every man, determined by his own accidentalness, potentiality and transcendence. According to this theory the personal life – the life of every man qualifies the same set of factors- inclinations: the cognition, love, the freedom (and the responsibility), the subjectivity in law, the vital sovereignty and the religious dignity. In accordance with this theory, only such idea of tolerance is adequate, which make possible integral personal development of every man. However every other conception, which destroys this universal deposit of personal life consequently deserves the negative assessment.