Buch, Englisch, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 458 g
A History
Buch, Englisch, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 458 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-777815-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press
The concept of humility has venerable philosophical roots. For instance, Socrates' unparalleled wisdom is exhibited primarily through the recognition of his own ignorance-that is, through his epistemic humility. Humility, whether understood epistemically or morally, has been widely regarded as an important virtue across various philosophical traditions. However, not all scholars and philosophers agree that humility is virtuous, or even that it is a sign of wisdom. Some instead assert that humility involves a misjudgement or an underestimation of oneself, even claiming it impedes the pursuit of excellence.
In a timely, pioneering collection of chapters and reflections, Humility: A History examines the shifting conceptions and appraisals of humility across philosophical history from Plato to present-day. The essays in this volume examine important questions about humility: Is it a virtue? If yes, is it moral, epistemic, or both? How does it relate to modesty and shame? Is it paradoxical to ascribe humility to oneself, and if so, why? What is its role in politics, culture, and contemporary society?
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- 1. Plato's Socrates and Humility; Iakovos Vasiliou
- 2. Humility: Ancient Chinese and Greek Perspectives; Jingyi Jenny Zhao
- 3. Augustine's "Humility": Neither "Monkish" Nor Monosemantic; Sarah Byers
- 4. Humility, Self-Naughting, and Self-Transcendence: A Sufi Perspective; Atif Khalil
- 5. Seeking Unworthiness, Self-Knowledge, and Truth: Humility in the Medieval Monastic Tradition of the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries; Lauren Mancia
- 6. Humility in Later Medieval Philosophy; Martin Pickavé
- 7. Skepticism, Humility, and a Limited Defense of Religious Toleration in Montaigne; John Christian Laursen
- 8. "Say not that you are a light unto yourself": Seventeenth-Century Conceptions of Humility in Epistemology, Ethics, and Politics; Julie Walsh and Eric Stencil
- 9. Spinoza's Changing Views on Humility Explored through a Cartesian Lens; Sanem Soyarslan
- 10. The Eyes of Others: Hume and Smith on Humility and Qualities of Reserve; Lauren Kopajtic
- 11. Nietzsche on Humility and Modesty; Mark Alfano
- 12. Humility and Modern Jewish Philosophy; Michael Morgan
- 13. Black Pride and Humility; Chike Jeffers
- 14. Humility, Moral Exemplarism, and Moral Goodness; Nancy Snow
- 15. Humility and Caravaggio; Anne H. Muraoka
- 16. Jane Austen, Humility, and the Doctrine of the Mean; Eva M. Dadlez
- 17. What is Humility, Psychologically Speaking?; Jennifer Cole Wright
- Humility as an Environmental Virtue; William Edelglass
