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Monday, December 05, 2005

Hubris ~ Knowing Oneself

When studying Greek tragedy I remember our professor telling us how the playwrights used hubris [arrogance, pride] in their plays to demonstate how a protagonist who displayed hubris could be led to his own downfall. The Gods would show their disfavor by allowing him to have even more success, then when he felt himself to have achieved everything he wanted they would let him fall and drive him headlong into on into his own undoing.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Seems to me most of us have experienced someone who eventually was "lead to his own downfall", as you put it so well. Those kinds nearly always become the target of "what comes round goes round".

Thx, Dick