paulolc
As I understand it, a virtue is a desirable characteristic or trait that one should have.
I like the definition present in the text you quote: “humility is defined as being “unselved”, a liberation from consciousness of self, a form of temperance that is neither having pride (or haughtiness) nor indulging in self-deprecation.”
I would much rather encounter someone who is humble, “unselved”, liberated from a consciousness of self with “a form of temperance that is neither having pride (or haughtiness) nor indulging in self-deprecation.” than someone who is fully self-known, “proud of one’s accomplishments and humble in one’s ignorance.”
Simply because I don’t really care. Your internal conversation is your business only. If you are proud, good for you! If you are self-deprecating well, unless you are a comedian, I am sorry for you. Pride and self-deprecation just get in the way of interesting and proficuous conversations, unless it is self-deprecating humor. Only in that case, self-deprecation works really well.
Your self-knowledge is revealed though, when you exhibit self-control manifested in virtues like patience, temperance, dilligence, kindness, etc.
I don’t think self-knowledge, being proud on one’s accomplishments and humble in one’s ignorance, are virtues at all.
In relation to looking at the stars, trying to grasp the vastness of the universe, doesn’t make me feel insignificant. It does the opposite, actually. It makes me feel really special. It makes me realize how ephemerous, precious, unique and fragile beings we all are. That we are absolutely insignificant, taking into account the size of the universe, it’s just a fact, but I do believe we are onto something though…