Hubris Is a Quality of People

July 6, 2018

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is politics in honor of Independence Day (USA), which is celebrated on July 4^th.

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A political poem warning of rulers afflicted by hubris, or excessive pride:

Hubris is a quality of people

Under the influence of being right.

Beware of power wielded in a cause

Restrained by nothing more than higher laws,

Intent on doing good through measured might.

So do righteous rulers' reigns turn lethal.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Politics

7/2: In Politics Corruption Is the Norm

7/3: Now, at Last, the Time of Reckoning

7/4: Then, There Was No Right to Eat

7/5: Politics Brings Out the Worst in Us

7/6: Hubris Is a Quality of People