He is afflicted with hybris, which leads him to take the violent action.

他会遭受因傲慢而带来的痛苦,导致他做出暴力的行为

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They would have seen this as an example of the word that they used, and we'll talk about a lot in this course, hubris, a kind of violent arrogance which comes upon men when they see themselves as more than human and behave as though they were divine.

对于这种观点,他们经常会用一个词来表示,我们以后也会经常提到,狂妄,一种极度的傲慢,以至于让他们认为自己是神,于是他的行为也像神一样狂妄

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