Arrogance is a form of delusion: it's an overcompensating or exaggerated sense of importance or worth. It's related to ignorance: a lack of knowledge or awareness.
This is why arrogance is often destructive. Being arrogant leads one to see things askew, which can lead to misunderstandings and harm to others and to oneself.
I'm not sure whether humanity can shed its arrogance wholesale. In the aftermath of war, we are often all negatively affected. Arrogance in victors is just one indication that war is destructive to us all, regardless of the outcome.
Arrogance is tied into emotions, and one can get carried away by extreme situations. To overcome this requires a great deal of introspection, rationality, and compassion.
Failing this, arrogance will prevail and the cycle of misery will continue.
We shouldn't lambaste the defeated; we should empathize with them.
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Originally Posted by Some dead Asian guy
"If you appear insurmountable, you become insurmountable to many."
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Originally Posted by Some other dead Asian guy
Though thousand times a thousand
in battle one may conquer,
yet should one conquer just oneself
one is the greatest conqueror.
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