Conclusion HUBRIS AND METHOD

• Published in: Rage and Denials p. 131
• Main Author: BRANKO MITROVIĆ
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United States Penn State University Press 13.08.2015; Pennsylvania State University Press
• Subjects: History of architecture; HISTORY OF ART / ART & DESIGN STYLES; Philosophy: aesthetics

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...