The Garments of Humility
If we think about it, it is easy to find plenty of reasons to be humble. Life and human work are tiny and irrelevant compared to the grand scale of the cosmos. Human beings are fallible beings, full of flaws and errors. Forces and agencies other than our own (i.e., mentors, coaches, parents, friends...
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REVCOMUNICACION71962024-07-18T21:59:02Z Los ropajes de la humildad The Garments of Humility Haddad Bernat, Pedro Humberto Virtue ethics humility intellectual humility virtue epistemology TEC Ética de virtudes humildad humildad intelectual epistemología de virtudes TEC Si pensamos en ello, abundan las razones para ser humildes. La vida y obra humana son pequeñas e irrelevantes frente a la gran escala del cosmos. Los seres humanos somos seres falibles, llenos de errores y defectos. Fuerzas y agencias distintas a las nuestras (i.e., nuestros mentores, padres, maestros, amigos, cole gas, etc.) participan con frecuencia en la obtención de nuestros logros y el desarrollo de nuestras cualidades y talentos. Más aún, la falta de humildad es un rasgo pernicioso del carácter que dificulta la autosuperación y desincentiva el apropiado reconocimiento del potencial de las personas que nos rodean. En los trabajos de J.R.R. Tolkien descubrimos que fue la falta de humildad de Melkor ante Dios lo que causó su caída. Y también vemos como la arrogancia de Sauron, como una suerte de miopía, le impidió advertir los planes de sus rivales, dando lugar a su debacle. Este trabajo hace un repaso de la concepción tradicional de la humildad como justo medio entre el defecto de la arrogancia y el exceso del autodesprecio y muestra que El Señor de los Anillos - concebido desde su indisoluble unidad con El Silmarillion - es un gran relato acerca de cómo la humildad triunfa sobre la arrogancia If we think about it, it is easy to find plenty of reasons to be humble. Life and human work are tiny and irrelevant compared to the grand scale of the cosmos. Human beings are fallible beings, full of flaws and errors. Forces and agencies other than our own (i.e., mentors, coaches, parents, friends, partners, etc.) are often involved in our achievements and the development of our qualities or talents. Moreover, lack of humility is a pernicious trait for it baulks self-improvement and prevents proper acknowledgement of other people’s potential. In the works J.R.R. Tolkien we learn that it was Melkor’s lack of humility before God what brought about his own downfall. And we also see how Sauron’s arrogance, as a myopia of sorts, prevented him from discovering the plans of his rivals and brought about his own destruction. This paper overviews the traditional conception of humility as a golden mean between arrogance and self-deprecation and shows how The Lord of the Rings – understood within its indissoluble bond with The Silmarillion – is a great tale about how humility overthrows arrogance. Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica 2024-06-21 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf application/epub+zip https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/comunicacion/article/view/7196 10.18845/rc.v33i1.7196 Revista Comunicación; Vol. 33 Núm. 1 (2024): Revista Comunicación 1-2024; 185-196 1659-3820 0379-3974 spa https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/comunicacion/article/view/7196/7062 https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/comunicacion/article/view/7196/7109 Derechos de autor 2024 Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica |
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If we think about it, it is easy to find plenty of reasons to be humble. Life and human work are tiny and irrelevant compared to the grand scale of the cosmos. Human beings are fallible beings, full of flaws and errors. Forces and agencies other than our own (i.e., mentors, coaches, parents, friends, partners, etc.) are often involved in our achievements and the development of our qualities or talents. Moreover, lack of humility is a pernicious trait for it baulks self-improvement and prevents proper acknowledgement of other people’s potential. In the works J.R.R. Tolkien we learn that it was Melkor’s lack of humility before God what brought about his own downfall. And we also see how Sauron’s arrogance, as a myopia of sorts, prevented him from discovering the plans of his rivals and brought about his own destruction. This paper overviews the traditional conception of humility as a golden mean between arrogance and self-deprecation and shows how The Lord of the Rings – understood within its indissoluble bond with The Silmarillion – is a great tale about how humility overthrows arrogance. |
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