[ExI] humility

[William Flynn Wallace]

I would distinguish between arrogance and pride, though the two are
often confused. Any form of pride tends to be seen as arrogance by
many, no?  Dan

I would add confidence to that.  Sometimes seen as arrogance.   bill w

On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 4:25 PM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 9:18 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> > On 18/10/2020 01:06, BillW wrote:
> > > re arrogance:  do people who have accomplished a lot deserve to be
> > > arrogant?  Or does arrogance include qualities we don't like?
> >
> > I'm not sure I understand this. Does cruelty include qualities we don't
> > like? Hostility? Willful ignorance?
> >
> > In my book, arrogance is always a bad thing. 'Deserve to be arrogant' is
> > a non-sequitur. Even 'justifiably arrogant' doesn't run, it's never
> > justified.
>
> I would distinguish between arrogance and pride, though the two are
> often confused. Any form of pride tends to be seen as arrogance by
> many, no?
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
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