Hybris (English spelling)

Japanese: ヒュブリス(英語表記)hybris
Hybris (English spelling)
The Greek word for arrogance means pride. Since Homer, it has been believed that humans incurring the wrath of the gods by exceeding their limits by violating the rights of others and underestimating the power of the gods, and tragic poets and historians have sought to see this as one of the causes of humanity's downfall.

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Japanese:
ギリシア語で傲慢を意味する。他人の権利を侵し,神々の力を侮ることで,ホメロス以来人間がこのように自己の分限をこえることが神々の怒りを招くとされ,悲劇詩人,歴史家では,そこに人間の破滅の一因が求められた。

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