Perfectionism: a modern malady born in the Middle Ages

The quest for perfection has become a modern malady, correlating to increased rates of depression and anxiety. But according to scholar Irina Dumitrescu, medieval literature may hold lessons for us today on how to understand our relationship to perfectionism.

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