Epistemic humility and self-honesty

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• Seneca · On Anger III.36.3 · site translation

  “Why fear my mistakes when I can say, ‘Do not do that again; for now, I forgive you’?”

  QuoteEpistemic humility and self-honestyGuilt and self-blame

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  Lenses

  • Socratic self-examination

• Marcus Aurelius · Meditations

  “If anyone can refute me; show me I’m making a mistake or looking at things from the wrong perspective; I’ll gladly change. It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone.”

  QuoteEpistemic humility and self-honestyMental models and decision quality

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  Topics

  • Conflict with difficult people

  Lenses

  • Socratic self-examination

  Modules

  • Situational Stoic Maxims

• Socrates (in Alcibiades I) · Alcibiades I 129a, traditionally attributed to Plato; trans. Benjamin Jowett

  “But whether easy or difficult, Alcibiades, still there is no other way; knowing what we are, we shall know how to take care of ourselves, and if we are ignorant we shall not know.”

  QuoteEpistemic humility and self-honestyInsecurity and self-doubt

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  Topics

  • Self-deception and rationalisation

  Lenses

  • Socratic self-examination

• Socrates · Xenophon, Memorabilia

  Socrates unfazed by belittlement

  Mocked by Hippias for repeating himself, Socrates calmly turned the jibe into a boast, persisting throughout his life in exhorting Athenians to examine how they ought to live.

  ExemplarEpistemic humility and self-honestyFear of others' opinions

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  Topics

  • Insult and disrespect

  Lenses

  • Autonomy from opinion
  • Exemplar council