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Peter Jones

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
541 total appearances

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Dan Snow's History Hit
The Seven Deadly Sins

Okay, so if I say, right, I am a worm, I'll act like that, I'll just say I can't do anything, I'm no good at everything.

Dan Snow's History Hit
The Seven Deadly Sins

That's not good either.

Dan Snow's History Hit
The Seven Deadly Sins

That's what Thomas Aquinas called pusillanimity, weakness of spirit.

Dan Snow's History Hit
The Seven Deadly Sins

And you're not standing up for yourself, and ultimately, therefore, you're not being useful.

Dan Snow's History Hit
The Seven Deadly Sins

I probably can rewire that plug.

Dan Snow's History Hit
The Seven Deadly Sins

I shouldn't have...

Dan Snow's History Hit
The Seven Deadly Sins

But, you know, maybe there is something interesting to say.

Dan Snow's History Hit
The Seven Deadly Sins

You've done some research.

Dan Snow's History Hit
The Seven Deadly Sins

You've got something interesting to say.

Dan Snow's History Hit
The Seven Deadly Sins

Don't be weak of spirit.

Dan Snow's History Hit
The Seven Deadly Sins

You know, go on History Hit.

Dan Snow's History Hit
The Seven Deadly Sins

But when it becomes, you know, if I then sort of say, well, and it's fantastic, and all of these other scholars, you know, they got it totally wrong.

Dan Snow's History Hit
The Seven Deadly Sins

You know, then we're starting to push into an area where I'm getting into that excessive place where I'm...

Dan Snow's History Hit
The Seven Deadly Sins

I'm starting to be a bit antisocial, you know what I mean?

Dan Snow's History Hit
The Seven Deadly Sins

So the message of that one is to recognize when are you overestimating your own limits?

Dan Snow's History Hit
The Seven Deadly Sins

When have you gone beyond self-awareness and self-knowledge and now you're inflating and kind of inventing an alternative self?

Dan Snow's History Hit
The Seven Deadly Sins

So it's kind of combating the deadly sins is all about recognizing their limits, where they go beyond a boundary that's kind of socially acceptable.