A Philosopher's Philosophy: Pride on the balance.
You can love it, It's not as hard as it is said to be
A Philosopher's Philosophy
Have you ever had that feeling that comes when you know, have, or love something that everyone else only wants? And you really know admitting it will only result in some ridiculous response like "you wished you were"
I could not express the fact that I loved mathematics because everyone else around me hated it passionately. So it was best to join the rest while secretly loving it. I believed mathematics was one of the few subjects where you can easily have all your full scores. Once you know the correct formula and step, do the computation and the answer is out.
It was when I found out that loving mathematics was supposed to be a thing of pride. Now I don't waste any time admitting and declaring my love for mathematics.
The same applies to other areas of learning. I believe there should be no pride in ignorance. You can not know and be proud of not knowing. Pride should come from knowing. And the love of knowledge is one thing I love doing. That is why I love Steemit and also loved Slideshare. I love the idea of proof of brain and the protection that comes with anti-plagiarism rules that protect intellectual property rights.
Because philosophy is the love of knowledge, does the fact that I love knowing stuff make me a Philosopher?
Learn to love it with constant practices and dedication
I can't say or won't say so someone will not think of me as being proud. But should I not be?
Should shame not be reserved for those who do not know? I should be proud, a concept written in black and white in ancient text like 1 Corinthians 8:1.
Help me draw a fine line between the much-needed self-esteem, a controlled dose of pride and arrogance on the other hand, A form of pride that lacks restraint.
It is more of how a person sees himself in relation to others. What we think about ourselves compared to others.
Conclusion and Invitation
We need a healthy dose of pride, it is called self-esteem, it helps us walk with our chin parallel to the ground that is under our feet, confident, with a sense of balance and humility.
Pride makes us carry it too high up, a posture often associated with arrogance and excessive pride, an inflated sense of self-importance. But living without enough pride is a lack of self-esteem; it makes our chin point down due to a lack of confidence, leading to self-doubt or depression.
I am inviting @rubee2as1, @onyii03, @emerson-25, @axgustine, @goodnews2020 and @mayjay to have a say on this topic by sharing your story
Media Credit |
|---|
| Composer | @manuelhooks |
|---|---|
| Pictures | Galaxy-A15 |
| Entry type | Freelance |
| Community | STEEM FOR BETTERLIFE |
| Date | Sun. 21st September |
| (@) 2025 |
#steemexclusive #creativewriting
#education #nigeria #writing
#learning #pride #facts
#culture #dont
#club5050
#do
[English below, as originally written in German]
Das erscheint mir als eine sehr vereinfachte Beschreibung der Mathematik, und wenn du ein bisschen tiefer dringst und über die irrationalen Zahlen nachdenkst, wird dir vielleicht auffallen, dass es viel mehr irrationale Zahlen gibt als rationale Zahlen. Ich weiß wohl, dass es unendlich viele rationale Zahlen gibt, aber diese sind abzählbar, das heißt, die gesamte Menge kann auf die Menge der sogeannten natürlichen Zahlen abgebildet werden. Dies gilt jedoch nicht für die irrationalen Zahlen, diese sind über-abzählbar. Weiterhin kann auffallen, dass jede einzelne irrationale Zahl merkwürdig ins Endlose strebt, dass sie "auszuweichen" scheint, wenn man sie genau fassen will. Das ist sehr befremdlich, wenn man zum Beispiel daran denkt, dass Wurzel aus Zwei die exakte Länge der Diagonalen eines Quadrates ist mit der Seitenlänge 1. Die Diagonale ist sichtbar da, und ihre Länge ist beliebig genau anzugeben - aber nicht vollkommen genau. Auf der anderen Seite kannst du ein Quadrat nehmen, dessen Diagonale du ganz genau kennst, zum Beispiel 2. Dann sind aber die Seiten irrational und nicht mehr vollkommen genau anzugeben (nämlich Wurzel aus zwei in diesem Fall).
Das gesagt, springe ich zu Paulus, auf den du verwiesen hast: Wissen bläht auf, aber Liebe baut auf. Was hat er damit sagen wollen, und weshalb hast du darauf verwiesen?
Ich schließe mit meiner Meinung, dass Selbstwertschätzung nicht die MItte oder Balance ist zwischen Stolz und Bescheidenheit, sondern dass Bescheidenheit und Selbstwertschätzung Geschwister sind, oder - wenn du willst - zwei Seiten derselben Medaille. Sie gehen Hand in Hand (oder bilden als Medaille ein Ganzes) und weisen den Stolz zurück. Sie wissen, dass Wissen aufbläht, weil es immer unvollkommen bleibt und sich aber recht gern für vollkommen hält. Sie hoffen, dass sie die Grenzen ihres Wissens stets im Gedächtnis behalten, dass alles Wissbare nur ein winziger Teil ist der Welt und des Lebens, und sie glauben, dass sie eigentlich nichts wissen als nur dies eine: im Grunde zu wenig zu wissen, gemessen an der Gesamtheit des möglichen Wissens eigentlich nichts zu wissen. Und sie suchen daher immer wieder die Stellen, an denen sie spüren können, wie wenig sie wissen. Das Kinn bleibt gesenkt, denn das Leben ist ein Wagnis, für das es keine Formel gibt.
This seems to me to be a very simplified description of mathematics, and if you delve a little deeper and think about irrational numbers, you may notice that there are many more irrational numbers than rational numbers. I know that there are infinitely many rational numbers, but these are countable, which means that the entire set can be mapped to the set of so-called natural numbers. However, this does not apply to irrational numbers, which are uncountable. Furthermore, it may be noticeable that each individual irrational number strangely strives towards infinity, that it seems to ‘evade’ when one tries to grasp it precisely. This is very strange when you consider, for example, that the square root of two is the exact length of the diagonal of a square with a side length of 1. The diagonal is visibly there, and its length can be specified with any degree of accuracy – but not completely accurately. On the other hand, you can take a square whose diagonal you know exactly, for example 2. But then the sides are irrational and can no longer be specified with complete accuracy (namely the square root of two in this case).
That said, I'll jump to Paul, whom you referred to: Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. What did he mean by that, and why did you refer to it?
I conclude with my opinion that self-esteem is not the middle ground or balance between pride and modesty, but that modesty and self-esteem are siblings, or – if you like – two sides of the same coin. They go hand in hand (or form a whole as a coin) and reject pride. They know that knowledge inflates because it always remains imperfect and yet likes to think of itself as perfect. They hope to always keep the limits of their knowledge in mind, that everything that can be known is only a tiny part of the world and of life, and they believe that they actually know nothing but this one thing: that they know too little, measured against the totality of possible knowledge, that they actually know nothing. And so they constantly seek out places where they can feel how little they know. Their chin remains lowered, because life is a risk for which there is no formula.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version) - proofread by me
0.00 SBD,
0.04 STEEM,
0.04 SP
https://x.com/manuelhook41759/status/1969695548237042125