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Originally Posted by falco10291029
Arrogance is not reliant at all on truth
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If a person
accurately claims to be superior to another, it may simply be an on-topic, factual statement.
If a person
falsely claims to be superior to another, it is indicative of pride (undue in this case), and can be an example of arrogance.
See how the truth value of the claim can modify the applicability of the label?
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most people are able to tell the difference between a factual claim and arrogance
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Can you provide a universal method or is it just a matter of 'whatever falco thinks is right'?
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The best method is to not form an opinion or at least not live by it
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How is that better? And do you never act on provisional assumptions/beliefs?
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Because it isn't really acceptable in common usage
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Haha. What? The correct version isn't acceptable? I have never been challenged for using it.
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I'm sure anyone who has seen most of your arguments already know
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They already know the contents of a private conversation?
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My point was that a phrase's meaning sometimes has nothing to do with the individual words.
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Yeah. And it's utterly irrelevant. If you use 'of' to contrast a 'your', you are implicitly using it to speak of possession. Otherwise it doesn't make sense.