How to use the word "HUBRIS"?

[truedatt]

i have no idea how i would use this word in the right context :flare:
is ones actions hubris
or is ones self hubris
if its not a pro noun can it be molded to become one
idk if this is he approprate site to ask this but i just thought of this site
thanks

[JBI]

One commits hubris, use it like that I.E. as a crime, not as a verb.

[truedatt]

so would the statemet "he is Hubris." be correct
or would it be "his actions were hubris":sick:

[JBI]

Neither. He committed hubris by.

Or, his actions displayed an act of hubris.

Or, by doing x, he committed hubris.

edit - forgot to add, it can also be used sort of like a mental condition, like, never had I seen such a severe case of hubris in my life, etc.

[truedatt]

I think i understand thanks

[mayneverhave]

similar to how one is capable of altruism, one is capable of hubris.

however, though one can be altruistic, I have never heard of one being hubristic.

[Hank Stamper]

i think one suffers from hubris, rather than commits it ;)

[Kafka's Crow]

Hubris is a moral flaw and literally means 'presumption' or 'over-confidence'. In context of tragedy, as explained by Aristotle, hubris is the miscalculation on part of the hero regarding his own limitations and leads to his haemartia or 'tragic flaw'. It is an abstract noun.

[JBI]

i think one suffers from hubris, rather than commits it ;)
Hubris can very well be an act - for instance, Agamemnon stepping on the carpet according to his wife's wish in Aeschylus's Agamemnon.

[Hank Stamper]

something can be an act of hubris, yes - but you wouldnt say 'he committed hubris' like you wouldn't say 'he committed arrogance' or 'he committed excessive pride'

[RogerL]

Actually, if we were to read some literary criticism in which hubris is treated as the great sin of excessive pride -- to the extent of putting oneself on the level of the gods -- we would find some very literate people using the expression "he/she committed hubris" or pride because the term is being used as the name of a sin. You may want to google or copernic the phrase.

[Hank Stamper]

I stand corrected...

*goes and sits in the corner and shuts up*