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Philosophical concept

Humility

Humility brings self-estimation closer to truth, limits the pursuit of rank, and makes learning or service possible.

Works
182
Passages
1,992
Thinkers
40
Traditions
14

Understand uses of the concept

Humility brings self-estimation closer to truth, limits the pursuit of rank, and makes learning or service possible.

In the current corpus, this annotation connects 1,992 passages across 182 works, including Abraham Lincoln Papers: Lincoln-Authored Documents, Abraham Lincoln Papers: Incoming and Contextual Documents, Eudemian Ethics. These links provide inspectable points of comparison; they do not assume that every author uses the concept in the same sense.

Lexical variants: humilite, humilité, humble, humility, humil

Related traditions

Works where the concept is identified

  1. Abraham Lincoln Papers: Lincoln-Authored DocumentsAbraham Lincoln · 0 passages
  2. Abraham Lincoln Papers: Incoming and Contextual DocumentsCorrespondents and archival record · 0 passages
  3. Eudemian EthicsAristotle · 0 passages
  4. Nicomachean EthicsAristotle · 0 passages
  5. PoliticsAristotle · 0 passages
  6. RhetoricAristotle · 0 passages
  7. Aṅguttara Nikāya: Numerical DiscoursesSiddhartha Gautama / Buddha · 0 passages
  8. Sutta Nipāta: Early Collection of Discourses in VerseSiddhartha Gautama / Buddha · 0 passages
  9. SVF III: Chrysippus on EthicsChrysippus · 0 passages
  10. AcademicaCicero · 0 passages
  11. Brutus, or On Eminent OratorsCicero · 0 passages
  12. Letters to AtticusCicero · 0 passages
  13. Letters to FriendsCicero · 0 passages
  14. Letters to QuintusCicero · 0 passages
  15. On DivinationCicero · 0 passages
  16. On DutiesCicero · 0 passages
  17. On EndsCicero · 0 passages
  18. On FriendshipCicero · 0 passages
  19. On the OratorCicero · 0 passages
  20. On the LawsCicero · 0 passages
  21. On the Nature of the GodsCicero · 0 passages
  22. OratorCicero · 0 passages
  23. PhilippicsCicero · 0 passages
  24. Stoic ParadoxesCicero · 0 passages
  25. Tusculan DisputationsCicero · 0 passages
  26. The Analects of Confucius (Lúnyǔ)Confucius · 0 passages
  27. Dio Chrysostom’s Diogenic OrationsDio Chrysostom · 0 passages
  28. Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book VI: The Cynics, by Diogenes LaertiusDiogenes Laertius · 0 passages
  29. The World As I See ItAlbert Einstein · 0 passages
  30. Answers to Objections Concerning the Christian Religion, by Elizabeth CarterElizabeth Carter · 0 passages