Humility

About this episode

JW explores the concept of humility through historical figures and personal anecdotes, contrasting real humility with fear.

Humility was supposed to be the easy episode. It wasn’t. JW traces the concept from Aristotle to Augustine to a back porch in East Texas, then takes his own road to Damascus in the middle of writing it. Two sides of the humble coin, some stories about getting knocked off the horse, and a hard look at the difference between real humility and the fear that’s been wearing its clothes. Plus a new episode of Duwali Bottoms Texas Season Two: as the storm draws closer, two displaced souls find themselves in the same Houston bar on the same restless night.

People in this episode

Hosts: JW, Jerry Wayne Longmire

Topics covered

• humility
• philosophy
• personal stories
• self-reflection
• Texas culture

Keywords

• humility
• Aristotle
• Augustine
• East Texas
• self-reflection
• Duwali Bottoms
• Houston bar

Mentioned in this episode

Places: East Texas, Houston

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