Changes

==Description==

==Description==

The term "humility" is derived from the [[Latin]] word "humilitas", a noun related to the adjective "humilis", translated not only as "humble", but also alternatively as "low", or "from the [[earth]]", and "humus", humid.[1] Because the [[concept]] of humility addresses intrinsic self-worth, it is emphasized in the realm of [[religious]] [[practice]] and [[ethics]] where the motion is often made more precise and extensive.  

The term "humility" is derived from the [[Latin]] word "humilitas", a noun related to the adjective "humilis", translated not only as "humble", but also alternatively as "low", or "from the [[earth]]", and "humus", humid.[1] Because the [[concept]] of humility addresses intrinsic self-worth, it is emphasized in the realm of [[religious]] [[practice]] and [[ethics]] where the motion is often made more precise and extensive.  

===Philosophical views===

==Philosophical views==

[[Kant]] is among the first [[philosophers]] to view c[[oncept]]ion of humility as "that meta-attitude which constitutes the moral agent's proper [[perspective]] on himself as a dependent and corrupt but capable and dignified [[rational]] agent". Kant's notion of humility is that humility is a [[virtue]], and indeed a central virtue.

[[Kant]] is among the first [[philosophers]] to view c[[oncept]]ion of humility as "that meta-attitude which constitutes the moral agent's proper [[perspective]] on himself as a dependent and corrupt but capable and dignified [[rational]] agent". Kant's notion of humility is that humility is a [[virtue]], and indeed a central virtue.

Nietzsche wrote of humility (not to speak of patience, wisdom, and any other virtue lauded widely by the [[masses]]) as a weakness, a false virtue which concealed the frailties and hidden crookedness in its holder. His idealized ubermensch would be more apt to roam around unfettered by pretensions of humility, proud of his stature and power, but not reveling idly in it, and certainly not displaying [[hubris]].

Nietzsche wrote of humility (not to speak of patience, wisdom, and any other virtue lauded widely by the [[masses]]) as a weakness, a false virtue which concealed the frailties and hidden crookedness in its holder. His idealized ubermensch would be more apt to roam around unfettered by pretensions of humility, proud of his stature and power, but not reveling idly in it, and certainly not displaying [[hubris]].

==Quote==

==Quote==

"[[Happy]] are the poor in [[spirit]]--the '''humble'''."--To a child, [[happiness]] is the satisfaction of immediate [[pleasure]] craving. The adult is willing to sow seeds of self-denial in order to reap subsequent harvests of augmented happiness. In [[Jesus]]' times and since, happiness has all too often been associated with the [[idea]] of the possession of [[wealth]]. In the story of the Pharisee and the publican praying in the temple, the one felt rich in spirit--egotistical; the other felt "poor in spirit"--[http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/LongContents_4.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/LongContents_4.html&line=906#mfs]

"[[Happy]] are the poor in [[spirit]]--the '''humble'''."--To a child, [[happiness]] is the satisfaction of immediate [[pleasure]] craving. The adult is willing to sow seeds of self-denial in order to reap subsequent harvests of augmented happiness. In [[Jesus]]' times and since, happiness has all too often been associated with the [[idea]] of the possession of [[wealth]]. In the story of the Pharisee and the publican praying in the temple, the one felt rich in spirit--egotistical; the other felt "poor in spirit"--[http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/LongContents_4.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/LongContents_4.html&line=906#mfs]