Dispersing Our Pride to Get Closer to Heaven: ‘The Tower of Babel’

Dispersing Our Pride to Get Closer to Heaven: ‘The Tower of Babel’
“The Tower of Babel,” 1563, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Museum of Art History, Vienna. Public Domain
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I always think about what it means to be a good person, and I often ask myself what mindsets prevent us from being authentically good people. Pride is always a mindset that comes up.
Even our good deeds are sometimes fueled by a desire to show off. We behave “righteously” not on principle but for the praise of our peers; we act not for others but to sustain our pride.
Eric Bess
Eric Bess
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Eric Bess, Ph.D., is a fine artist, a writer on art-related topics, and an assistant professor at Fei Tian College in Middletown, New York.
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