HUM-8 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Adikia, Hubris, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
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Myth of five ages from hesiod"s works & days . Comes right after prometheus & pandora, as another story along the same i. e. , explaining structure of life as we know it in terms of a story line. Iron (life as we know it) (worst) Archaic greek values are the values of greek time: positive justice (dik ,) and moderation, self control, self restraint (s phrosun ) The negatives are : adikia (injustice), hubris (a. k. a. , hybris) not controlling yourself - high- handed arrogance, violence, violent insult, over-assertion of personal honor, of all kinds of excessiveness generally. After the selection ends (work and days), hesiod makes clear that the moral , as it were, is hubris: He is talking to his brother, perses, who is being hubristic. But you, perses, listen to the right [dik ] and do not foster violence [hubris]; for violence is bad for a poor man.
