Reply To: Arrogance: to be pitied or abhorred?

Thanks to all answerers.
I didn’t follow up til now because I was planning on following TLIK’s advice, but unfortunately, I have yet to do so.

@smerel, thanks. You are certainly right that not all psychobabble deserves consideration. The article was well reasoned, though, and makes sense to me, which is why I’m now mulling what arrogance is all about. [Your example of “hurt people hurt,” isn’t so comparable. The action which the hurt person takes is completely wrong, whatever he went through himself. Arrogance, albeit certainly a wrong “action”, speaks directly to the psychological deficiency: someone feels inadequate, and supplements it through arrogance.]

NCBLM, what does cause arrogance? Logically, a person should realize that his talents don’t set him above anyone. IS it just a taiva for kovod that blinds him to logic? Maybe. But, if true, I prefer the explanation I quoted. (BTW I don’ think you’re right about bullying. Bullying can be found in both rich and poor but it comes from a deep pain which the “victim” projects onto others.)

@gobrit. Interesting. But that sort of limits all “real” arrogant individuals to the likes of Paroh and Nevuchadnetzar. Do “regular” people stoop to such levels?

I hope I’m making sense. I should really review and rewrite, but I gotta run.