Insolence
idea · 5 works · 10 mentions · 19 anchored passages
hubris · insolence · arrogance · brutal and violent · bully · insolent · insults · outrageous · outrages · pride
spoken of as
1 expressionHubris“insolence”9 mentions
Odyssey (Greek) · Iliad (Greek) · Against Meidias (Greek) · The Law of Torts (English)
"But the men in their insolence [ hubris] disobeyed my orders, took to their own devices, and ravaged the land of the Egyptians, killing the men, and taking their wives and children captive.
in the texts
Odyssey
The concept of insolent overreach (hubris), identified as the cause of the narrator's men's disastrous raid on Egypt.
"But the men in their insolence [ hubris] disobeyed my orders, took to their own devices, and ravaged the land of the Egyptians, killing the men, and taking their wives and children captive.
Then Penelope resolved that she would show herself to the outrageous [ hubris] suitors.
I am much shocked about what you have said about the insolent way in which the suitors are behaving in despite of such a man as you are.
On Virtues and Vices
One of the three kinds of injustice, procuring pleasure for oneself while shaming others
Insolence is that by which men procure pleasures for themselves while bringing others into reproach;
". . . which, gaining nothing, all the same does wrong."
Against Meidias
The arrogant, violent contempt for others that Demosthenes identifies as Meidias' defining vice.
Yet what was his insolence compared with what has been proved of Meidias today?
I do see that his insolence, fostered by his wealth, affects many of us ordinary folk.
This case arises from the insolence of Meidias and from the impossibility of his undoing any of his acts.
Iliad
The Greek concept of insolent pride or insult, explicitly glossed in the text and applied to Agamemnon's treatment of Achilles.
To see the pride [ hubris] of Agamemnon, son of Atreus?
rail at him if you will, and your railing will not be vain, for I tell you - and it shall surely be - that you shall hereafter receive gifts three times as splendid by reason of this present insult [ hubris].
The Law of Torts
The Greek concept of self-seeking indulgence of passion in contempt of others' rights and dignity, used to characterize wilful wrongs.
Either there is deliberate injury, or there is something like the self-seeking indulgence of passion, in contempt of other men’s rights and dignity, which the Greeks called ὕβρις.