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Humility : the quiet virtue / Everett L. Worthington, Jr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia : Templeton Foundation Press, ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 112 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781599471846
  • 1599471841
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Humility.DDC classification:
  • 179/.9 22
LOC classification:
  • BJ1533.H93 W67 2007eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Paradoxes and potentials of humility -- Heroes of humility -- What do these heroes have in common? -- Can we learn humility? -- What does science tell us about humility? -- The spirit of humility.
Summary: Humility is a virtue that can be difficult to describe because of its paradoxical nature: claiming authority about humility and claiming that one is humble both suggest a lack of humility. In Humility, Everett L. Worthington Jr. seeks a way around this paradox by looking to people who are considered by others to be humble. He suggests people as examples: Jesus, Siddhartha, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and Martin Luther King Jr. He looks, too, at people whom he admires. He examines the characteristics of humility they share, and, in doing so, formulates a working understanding of humility.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)369427

Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-109).

Paradoxes and potentials of humility -- Heroes of humility -- What do these heroes have in common? -- Can we learn humility? -- What does science tell us about humility? -- The spirit of humility.

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Humility is a virtue that can be difficult to describe because of its paradoxical nature: claiming authority about humility and claiming that one is humble both suggest a lack of humility. In Humility, Everett L. Worthington Jr. seeks a way around this paradox by looking to people who are considered by others to be humble. He suggests people as examples: Jesus, Siddhartha, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and Martin Luther King Jr. He looks, too, at people whom he admires. He examines the characteristics of humility they share, and, in doing so, formulates a working understanding of humility.