Monday, November 9, 2015

Hubris

For the ancient Greeks, hubris was the folly of a leader who through excessive self-confidence challenged the gods. It was always followed by peripeteia (a reversal of fortune) and, ultimately, nemesis (divine retribution). (Moon+ Reader v3.0.1, The Economist [Thu, 05 Nov 2015])

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