Conclusion HUBRIS AND METHOD

For Milton, pride was the reason for Satan’s fall; for John Climacus, hubris is an unmistakable symptom of demonic possession.¹ These explanations belong to bygone eras and rely on concepts that we would not use today, yet they pertain to a tenacious phenomenon that has kept recurring through this b...

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Published inRage and Denials p. 131
Main Author BRANKO MITROVIĆ
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Penn State University Press 13.08.2015
Pennsylvania State University Press
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History of architecture
HISTORY OF ART / ART & DESIGN STYLES
Philosophy: aesthetics
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Summary:For Milton, pride was the reason for Satan’s fall; for John Climacus, hubris is an unmistakable symptom of demonic possession.¹ These explanations belong to bygone eras and rely on concepts that we would not use today, yet they pertain to a tenacious phenomenon that has kept recurring through this book. Phenomena do not change merely because we rename them or conceptualize them differently. Denials of one’s (perceived) inadequacies and desperate efforts to use self-deception in order to regulate self-esteem have repeatedly resurfaced in the historiographical models described here; it is remarkable that a history of a methodological debate had to
ISBN:0271066784
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