<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I would distinguish between arrogance and pride, though the two are</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">often confused. Any form of pride tends to be seen as arrogance by</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">many, no?  </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Dan</span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">I would add confidence to that.  Sometimes seen as arrogance.   bill w</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 4:25 PM Dan TheBookMan via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 9:18 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat<br>
<<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> On 18/10/2020 01:06, BillW wrote:<br>
> > re arrogance:  do people who have accomplished a lot deserve to be<br>
> > arrogant?  Or does arrogance include qualities we don't like?<br>
><br>
> I'm not sure I understand this. Does cruelty include qualities we don't<br>
> like? Hostility? Willful ignorance?<br>
><br>
> In my book, arrogance is always a bad thing. 'Deserve to be arrogant' is<br>
> a non-sequitur. Even 'justifiably arrogant' doesn't run, it's never<br>
> justified.<br>
<br>
I would distinguish between arrogance and pride, though the two are<br>
often confused. Any form of pride tends to be seen as arrogance by<br>
many, no?<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Dan<br>
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