Humility: Wellspring of Virtue by Dietrich von Hildebrand

Author:Dietrich von Hildebrand [Hildebrand, Dietrich von]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Religion, Christian Life, Inspirational, Christian Theology, General
ISBN: 9780918477590
Google: YQ2gAQAAQBAJ
Amazon: B004L62EJY
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
Published: 1997-01-15T15:52:38+00:00

The quality of self-complacency varies according to the values it abuses

Next, the specific quality of self-complacency varies considerably according to the class of values which the subject would abuse for selfdecoration. Here we are faced with an apparent paradox. The higher the values of which one boasts, the worse his immorality in doing so. The more the values in question determine an objective elevation and nobility of man, the more reprehensible it is to flaunt them.

Pharisaism

The gravest case, therefore, is that of the Pharisee, who boasts of his piety and of his being "a just man" before the Lord. He would feed his self-infatuation with the highest values, and pass for glorious not merely in the judgment of his fellow men and of himself but in that of God. His motto is "0 God, I give Thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men." This type of pride, again, is a specifically malignant one, although not in the same degree as satanic pride. The Pharisee, too, is hardened and incapable of loving kindness and self-surrender.

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