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On Humility and a Culture in Crisis

On Humility and a Culture in Crisis

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Alex Olshonsky
Jul 02, 2021
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One of the biggest challenges we face in modern culture is a lack of humility. “Humility” is an ancient word derived from the Latin root humus, meaning “of the earth.” It represented living close to the soil, grounded by the gravity of the elements rather than by the loftiness of the human ego.

Every religious tradition extols the virtue of humility. The…

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