Medieval Civilization: Millennia in Microcosm Week 154

Join us for a rich and challenging exploration of Kenneth Smith’s reflections on the tragic roots of sin and its spiritual misinterpretation. In this session, we’ll trace how early Christianity reimagined reality not as grounded in Nature, but in Spirit—a cohesive, unifying force whose instrument is love. Smith draws a striking connection between the Christian idea of sin and the Greek tragic concept of hamartia, a fatal misjudgment or failure to see what is essential. Far from mere wrongdoing, sin here becomes a metaphysical blindness—a turning away from spiritual clarity and wholeness. Through this lens, we’ll explore how both individuals and cultures can miss the mark in ways that unravel their moral integrity from within. This is not a sermon, but a philosophical reckoning with what it means to see clearly—and what’s at stake when we don’t.
C: Selfless Love and The Encompassing https://kennethsmithphilosophy.com/end07.php