(September 25, 2022 at 12:35 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote:(September 24, 2022 at 7:17 pm)Belacqua Wrote: It means that you feel you are more deserving or more important in society than you really are.
That would be conceit. Pride, objectively, is self-respect and the healthy recognition of one's worth. Pride is a virtue when practiced rationally, but, like other virtues, it can become a vice when carried to excess. Thus pride can become conceit.
Looked at from a non-Christian, utilitarian way, I see it as a mixed bag. I think it is good and useful to take pride in one's accomplishments. But there is so much truth in the Socrates view that the only wisdom is knowing that you know nothing. Regardless of what you have accomplished, there is so much you don't[ know, so many ways you are inferior. It's not pessimistic. It just grounds you in reality.
Your contributions are valuable but you should stay aware that there is a literal infinity of room left into which you may grow.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
