Hubris, according to its modern usage, is exaggerated pride or self-confidence, often resulting in fatal retribution. In Ancient Greek, however, hubris referred to a reckless disregard for the rights of another person resulting in social degradation for the victim. Aristotle defined hubris as follows: Hubris consists in doing or saying things that cause shame to the victim, not in order that anything may happen to you, nor because anything has happened to you, but merely for your own gratification. Hubris is not the requital of past injuries; this is revenge. As for the pleasure in hubris, its cause is this: men think that by ill-treating others they make their own superiority the greater.Crucial to this definition are the ancient Greek concepts of honor and shame. In Aristotle's view, a hubristic act is one that inflicts undeserved shame on the victim for the gratification of the perpetrator. FAMOUS QUOTES:
"It's not a matter of whether the war is not real, or if it is. Victory is not possible. The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. Hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance. This new version is the past and no different past can ever have existed. In principle the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation. The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects and its object is not the victory over either Eurasia or East Asia but to keep the very structure of society intact." -George Orwell, 1950 from his book 1984 Be the change you want to see in the world. -Mohandas Ghandi"The only thing that we can know is that we know nothing and that is the highest flight of human wisdom." -Tolstoy WHY WE FIGHT, directed by Eugene Jarecki scenes 1-2
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