In this episode, we explore the tradition of contemptus mundi with a text all about how horrible it is to be a human being, On the Misery of the Human Condition, written by Pope Innocent III (when he was but Cardinal Lotario di Segni).

Today's Texts:

Lotario dei Contie di Segni [Pope Innocent III]. De miseria condicionis humane. The Latin Library, https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/innocent1.html

References:

Lothario Dei Segni [Pope Innocent III]. On the Misery of the Human Condition. Edited by Donald R. Howard, translated by Margaret Mary Dietz. Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1969. Archive.org.

Moore, John C. "Innocent III's De Miseria Humanae Conditionis: A Speculum Curiae?" The Catholic Historical Review, vol. 67, no. 4, Oct. 1981, pp. 553-564. JSTOR.

Chapters

00:00:00: Introduction

00:17:00: Text: from Book I of De miseria condicionis humane by Lotario di Segni

00:17:01: Preface

00:18:05: 1. On the Miseries of Humanity

00:20:48: 2. On the Vileness of Our Matter

00:22:42: 3. On the Manner of Conception

00:26:19: 4. On the Food by which the Fetus is Nourished in the Womb

00:27:22: 5. On the Weakness of the Infant

00:28:37: 8. What Fruit Does a Person Produce?

00:29:43: 9. On the Inconvenience of Old Age

00:31:58: 12. On the Various Pursuits of Human Beings

00:34:07: 13. On Various Anxieties

00:34:56: 14. On the Misery of the Poor and the Rich

00:36:55: 15. On the Misery of Servants and Masters

00:38:53: 22. On the Proximity of Death

00:40:11: 27. On the Various Types of Tortures

00:41:26: Commentary

00:47:13: Mystery Word: furcifer

00:51:35: Outro