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*Baldick, Chris. from ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms''. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. 260 p. [http://lionreference.chadwyck.com/searchFulltext.do?id=R00792748&divLevel=0&queryId=../session/1139527324_19169&trailId=108B6A61A91&area=ref&forward=critref_ft] | *Baldick, Chris. from ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms''. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. 260 p. [http://lionreference.chadwyck.com/searchFulltext.do?id=R00792748&divLevel=0&queryId=../session/1139527324_19169&trailId=108B6A61A91&area=ref&forward=critref_ft] | ||
*Hubris.Ed. Merriam-Webster.''Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature'' 1995.[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&locID=maco12153&srchtp=kywrd&c=1&stab=2097152&ste=107&tab=32&tbst=ksrch&n=10&KA=hubris&docNum=H1480004599&bConts=2363047]. | *Hubris.Ed. Merriam-Webster.''Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature'' 1995.[http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/LitRC?vrsn=3&locID=maco12153&srchtp=kywrd&c=1&stab=2097152&ste=107&tab=32&tbst=ksrch&n=10&KA=hubris&docNum=H1480004599&bConts=2363047]. | ||
Excessive pride. With its origin in Greece, it is said to be the “overweening presumption suggesting impious disregard of the limits governing human action in an orderly universe” (EB). In Greek [[tragedy]], this sin tends to serve as the “tragic flaw” of the protagonist, on occasion resulting in his downfall. An example occurs in the Persians of Aeschylus, with the character of Xerxes. His pride is revealed when he “flaunts nature by turning sea into land” with the act of “building a bridge of ships across the Hellespont” (EB). The “crushing defeat of the Persians at Salamis” serves as his punishment for his arrogance (EB). The protagonist’s ''hubris'' is more understated in most other Greek tragedies. | |||
“A kind of high-flown insolence” (OED). According to the author of an article on academic ''hubris'', it is defined “as looking out of a high turret in an ivory tower and being unable to see the ground because of the clouds” (252). He asserts “that ''hubris'' runs rampant in academia” due to those who are high in power seeing themselves as morally superior over those who “toil in the kitchen” (252). His article focuses on the manifestation of academic ''hubris'' in the pediatric field. | |||
==Works Cited== | |||
*"hubris." ''Encyclopedia Britannica''. 2006. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. 13 Feb. 2006 [http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9041378] | |||
*"hubris." '' Oxford English Dictionary''. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. 1989. Oxford English Dictionary Online. 13 Feb. 2006 [http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50108840?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=hubris&first=1&max_to_show=10] | |||
*"Acedemic Hubris." ''Pediatrics''. 1986. Vol. 77. 13 Feb. 2006 [http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=4734064] | |||