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Showing posts with label Hubris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hubris. Show all posts

Saturday, July 01, 2023

Bolsonaro ~

                                                                                                       Wikipedia
Brazil's answer:  Not allowed to run for office until 2030.
                                                                        

Friday, June 16, 2023

Boris Johnson ~ Made to Resign

                                                                           BBC
 Will the USA follow suit?

Monday, December 03, 2007

Venezuela ~

It must have been a bitter awakening for President Chávez to have to hear that his people didn't want a dictator. That they would prefer democracy to him.

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Bitter Lessons ~

It must have been a bitter lesson for George W. Bush to learn. We learned it in grade school: America doesn't want a king or an absolute ruler. That's why we fought the Revolutionary War. It is ingrained in us.

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.