I received positive reader responses to my last column (Beware of competence without humility or humanity, March 13). One reader posed a tricky question: Why are so many leaders arrogant if it is obvious that humility is very important? I had to delve back into my readings and available research.
Ambition is about glory; humility is about burden and suffering. Do ambition and humility mix at all?
The word “ambition” originated from the Latin ambitionem which meant canvassing; it used to have a negative connotation. Plato and Aristotle preached that ambition was no virtue because it meant politicians wanted glory more
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