Humility: A Needed Balance
On early modern philosophers and online trolls
10 min readFeb 21, 2024
There’s a self-defeating irony in declaring that you are humble and in judging that someone else is not.
“The ‘I,’ even just to say ‘I think,’ is a lit fuse…”
If you intend to be humble, there’s a tension in saying or drawing attention to any detail…