The Self: Between Claiming and Self-Confidence
This essay examines modern psychology's distinction between healthy self-confidence and harmful pretension, and warns against judging others by appearances.
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- From my studies...of modern psychology references, it became clear to me that its scholars...have analyzed and written and pointed out....and concluded. And they commanded. And they forbade..!!...in the stages of probing the abysses of the human psyche... Among these analyses are what is wholesome....in human qualities. So they commanded it....such as self-confidence...in order to move forward in life...and to employ what God has bestowed upon this human...of the richness of the mind. And an owned wisdom that this human has obtained from a wealth of achievements and sacrifices. For the benefit of the public!!...So it is a factual necessity.!!..And it is what the...human possesses!!...
- But among these qualities...are those that are malign..for example if this human comes to know that vitamin ( C ) is useful in cases of colds...so he stands up and proclaims himself.. that he is a doctor !!..This is a fact ...dangerous !!...because it will be employed to the detriment of the public...!! It possesses the person....!! The difference between what a person possesses.. like self-confidence..!!..and what possesses him.. like claiming for oneself!! .. is vast ...and great...that to be confident.!! is better than to be arrogant....!!
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Do not underestimate anyone!! And do not let your self deceive you.....!! For there is much that you do not know about.. others’ qualities... so you judge by appearances and form...from the angle of what appears to you !!...and you abstain from knowing the facts..and the history...so we fall into the hazards of generalization ...not specification!!
"How many a man counts for a thousand men...and how many men pass without being counted" !!...with apologies to the other gender whom I revere and respect!!
- And God is the one behind the intention
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Zuhdi Shubeitah, “The Self: Between Claiming and Self-Confidence” (English translation of «النفس بين الادعاء.... والاعتداد.», originally published 20 September 2022), https://www.zuhdish.co/en/articles/the-self-between-claiming-and-self-confidence
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