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Originally posted by Seitse
What's the point, then?

That misunderstood, exogenous pride has been the cause
of more sorrow than joy throughout human history?
More fortune-cookie mumbo-jumbo.

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Originally posted by Palynka
More fortune-cookie mumbo-jumbo.
Dude, you're far more educated than the nationalist
or football stadium fan 'pride' thing. Live up to it.

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Originally posted by Seitse
Dude, you're far more educated than the nationalist
or football stadium fan 'pride' thing. Live up to it.
Again, that's because you see pride from the 7 deadly sins perspective, whether you recognize it or not. I'm not defending the nationalist/xenophobe type of pride.

Once "lust" was seen in a similar light. "Are you an animal?", "What good has come of lust?", "How many rapes were caused by lust?". Luckily, we now recognize that the emotion is not that uni-dimensional and can be perfectly healthy in most cases.

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Originally posted by Palynka
Again, that's because you see pride from the 7 deadly sins perspective, whether you recognize it or not. I'm not defending the nationalist/xenophobe type of pride.

Once "lust" was seen in a similar light. "Are you an animal?", "What good has come of lust?", "How many rapes were caused by lust?". Luckily, we now recognize that the emotion is not that uni-dimensional and can be perfectly healthy in most cases.
O.k., I am going to invest some time on you because I like you.

Let's start from the right point: what is your definition of pride?

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Originally posted by Seitse
O.k., I am going to invest some time on you because I like you.

Let's start from the right point: what is your definition of pride?
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1291/634618244_46fbe1f405.jpg

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Originally posted by Palynka
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1291/634618244_46fbe1f405.jpg
I thought so.

Yes, we can go out again this weekend, sweetheart.

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Wikipedia gives some interesting views of pride and how it can be distinct from the uni-dimensional hubris view of pride:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride#Psychological_views

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Originally posted by Palynka
What does that even mean? There were a lot of proud men who did "good" as well as proud men who did "evil/bad" things.
The scale is very heavily tipped by the weight of bad deeds done by pride.

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Originally posted by hopscotch
The scale is very heavily tipped by the weight of bad deeds done by pride.
Sure. But, again, pride is not uni-dimensional. Like the link above so well puts it, there can be a positive dimensions to it a negative ones (hubris). All I'm saying is that it isn't necessarily bad.

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Originally posted by Palynka
Sure. But, again, pride is not uni-dimensional. Like the link above so well puts it, there can be a positive dimensions to it a negative ones (hubris). All I'm saying is that it isn't necessarily bad.
Both pride and hubris are constructed from exaggeration of accomplishments and, essentially, delusion.

So yes, good things can come from delusion given the apparently chaotic nature of reality, but then again good things can come from anything. Doesn't necessarily make pride a good thing.

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Originally posted by hopscotch
Both pride and hubris are constructed from exaggeration of accomplishments and, essentially, delusion.
Yawn.

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Originally posted by Palynka
Yawn.
I thought you were the one who is so keen to discuss this?

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Originally posted by hopscotch
I thought you were the one who is so keen to discuss this?
Are you discussing? Didn't realize it. Did you even look at the link or did you decide to make a random comment about pride unrelated to the message you were quoting?

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Originally posted by Palynka
Are you discussing? Didn't realize it. Did you even look at the link or did you decide to make a random comment about pride unrelated to the message you were quoting?
Of course I looked at the link, and thought it was mostly just typical one sided anthropological nonsense from wikipedia about a subject that runs very deep into both psychology and philosophy, not simple behavioural patterns.

My reply was a response to your "isn't necessarily bad" comment as well as your "not uni-dimensional" comment. I say it all stems from exaggeration and delusion - that is uni-dimensional and is necessarily bad in itself.

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Originally posted by hopscotch
Of course I looked at the link, and thought it was mostly just typical one sided anthropological nonsense from wikipedia about a subject that runs very deep into both psychology and philosophy, not simple behavioural patterns.

My reply was a response you your "isn't necessarily bad" comment as well as your "not uni-dimensional" comment. I say it all stems from exaggeration and delusion - that is uni-dimensional and necessarily bad in itself.
So you're ignorant that pride is actually seen as a positive emotion in psychology, correct?