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Humility : the quiet virtue / Everett L. Worthington, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Worthington, Everett L., Jr., 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Humility.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (125 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Templeton Foundation Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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 humili
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786613260277
- 9781283260275
- 1283260271
- 9781599471846
- 1599471841
- OCLC:
- 727649248
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