Humility: The Secret History of a Lost Virtue
April 11, 2024
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
How can we rescue the ancient and medieval virtue of humility from the modern idea of humiliation? Can we use what Dante called “the first virtue” to fight hybris, arrogance, and narcissism today? Join us as we explore a biography of humility, moving from classical Hebrew and Greco-Roman ideas through the medieval Jewish, Christian, and Muslim notion of learned ignorance. When humility became a vice, trouble ensued: ask Faustus or Dr. Frankenstein. Perhaps we can recover the positive notion of humility as a virtue for the common good in service of others.
Humility:
The Secret History of a Lost Virtue
Thursday, April 11, 2024
4:30pm, University Hall 1501
This public lecture is sponsored by the Catholic Studies Program at UIC.
Date posted
Apr 2, 2024
Date updated
Apr 2, 2024