Confident Virtue
August 26th, 2020 by G.
cockiness distorts confidence.
cockiness contradicts humility.
timidity distorts humility.
timidity contracticts confidence.
-thus Bookslinger
I can’t upload images today for some reason. Otherwise, you’d see a virtue chart here.
But what is really interesting is the synthesis of the opposite virtues and the opposite vices.
Confident Humility sounds like a contradiction. So does Arrogant Timidity. But they are common enough that they are almost archetypes.
Perhaps this is what Helaman meant when he spoke of growing stronger and stronger in humility.
bruce charlton
August 26, 2020
Speaking personally, I don’t find much value in the virtue of Humility as the supposed opposite of Pride – for me, it makes more sense if the opposite of Pride is Love.
Humility seems like a secondary and subordinate kind of virtue that needs careful balancing with other desirable attributes (such as kindness), it isn’t the kind of thing one can valuably make into a priority or an absolute.
JRL in AZ
August 27, 2020
I think it makes more sense if you understand that humility is really about understanding your proper and true relationship with God. That prevents pride and timidity. It leads to confidence and humility at the same time.