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Detail of Pride from The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things by Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1500. Pride (superbia), also known as hubris (from Ancient Greek ὕβρις) or futility, is considered the original and worst of the seven deadly sins on almost every list, the most demonic. [39] It is also thought to be the source of the other capital ...
Oil on wood. Dimensions. 120 cm × 150 cm (47 in × 59 in) Location. Museo del Prado, Madrid. The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things is a painting attributed to the Early Netherlandish artist Hieronymus Bosch [1][2] or to a follower of his, [3] completed around 1500 or later. Since 1898 its authenticity has been questioned several times.
The seven capital virtues or seven lively virtues (also known as the contrary or remedial virtues) [8] are those thought to stand in opposition to the seven capital vices (or deadly sins). Prudentius , writing in the 5th century, was the first author to allegorically represent Christian morality as a struggle between seven sins and seven virtues.
The Seven Stones of Power reflect each of the Seven Deadly Sins, the stone in this book dedicated to the sin of gluttony. The stones are known by the acronym SALIGIA, from the Latin names for the sins: superbia, avaritia, luxuria, invidia, gula, ira, & acedia, or pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, anger, & sloth.
Pride is defined by Merriam-Webster as "reasonable self-esteem " or "confidence and satisfaction in oneself". [1] Oxford defines it as "the quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself or one's own importance." [2] Pride may be related to one's own abilities or achievements, positive characteristics of friends or family, or one's ...
Pride (Superbia), from the series The Seven Deadly Sins, print, Pieter van der Heyden, after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (MET, 26.72.33) Items portrayed in this file depicts
The seven deadly sins are called "deadly" because they might lead another to commit other sins. Some forms of the seven deadly sins (i.e. debilitating one's health because of their love of food) can constitute as grave matter, while others may just be venal (i.e. over-eating). Another group of four or five sins distinguished by the Church are ...
In the High Middle Ages, some authors opposed the seven virtues (cardinal plus theological) to the seven deadly sins. However, “treatises exclusively concentrating on both septenaries are actually quite rare.” and “examples of late medieval catalogues of virtues and vices which extend or upset the double heptad can be easily multiplied ...