{"product_id":"humility-the-quiet-virtue-paperback-softback-9781599471280","title":"Humility; The Quiet Virtue (Paperback \/ softback) 9781599471280","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHumility\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Quiet Virtue\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEverett L. Worthington (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781599471280\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e128 pages\u003cbr\u003e15.9 x 14 x 1.2 cm, 0.113 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Humility is a virtue that can be difficult to describe because of its paradoxical nature: claiming authority about humility and claiming that one is humble both suggest a lack of humility. In \u003ci\u003eHumility\u003c\/i\u003e, Everett L.Worthington Jr. seeks a way around this paradox by looking to people who are considered by others to be humble. He suggests people as examples: Jesus, Siddhartha, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and Martin Luther King Jr. He looks, too, at people whom he admires. He examines the characteristics of humility they share, and, in doing so, formulates a working understanding of humility. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Science has made few attempts to measure humility,Worthington points out, but those few studies do give a different, but complementary, perspective on humility than the wisdom of the ages. Humility may not be a skill we can learn, but people can be inspired to be humble. \"Great people-and ordinary people acting nobly-can inspire us,\" Worthington writes. \"When we catch the spirit, we can transfer that spirit from ourselves to others.\" Quotations interspersed throughout the book reinforce the message that the unassuming virtue of humility transforms lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Introduction \/ ix \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Paradoxes and Potentials of Humility \/ 3 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Heroes of Humility \/ 17 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e What Do These Heroes Have in Common? \/ 37 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Can We Learn Humility? \/ 51 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e What Does Science Tell Us about Humility? \/ 79 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The Spirit of Humility \/ 99 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e References \/ 107 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Select Books about Humility \/ 109 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e About the Author \/ 111 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Templeton Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739496345880,"sku":"9781599471280","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/humility-the-quiet-virtue-paperback-softback-9781599471280","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}