reverence

a.k.a. piety, sanctity

Complementary virtues¶

• awe
• devotion
• elevation
• faith
• religion
• wonder

Contrasting vices¶

• impiousness
• shallow materialism

Virtues possibly in tension¶

• skepticism

How to acquire or strengthen it¶

TBD

Notes and links¶

• Notes on Piety (David, LessWrong)
• What Is the Point of Spirituality
• TED talk: Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of self-transcendence
• OOO: religion for nonbelievers

Mentioned elsewhere¶

• One of the virtues in the Boy Scout Law.

Inspirational quotes¶

• “The most loathsome materialism is not the kind people usually think of, but the sort that attempts to let dead ideas pass for living realities, diverting into sterile myths the stubborn and lucid attention we give to what we have within us that must forever die.” ―Albert Camus
• “The man of noble mind holds three things in awe. He holds the Divine Will in awe; he holds the great in awe; and he holds the precepts of the sages in awe. The baser man, not knowing the Divine Will, does not stand in awe of it; he takes liberties with the great; and makes a mock of the precepts of the sages.” (Analects of Confucius, XVI.VIII)