But they--because of over confidence and magical thinking, it starts to go to their ego.

但由于过度自信和神奇式思考,他们会自我膨胀

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To cope with it, they urged human beings to restrain their overarching ambitions.

为了解决这一问题,希腊人力劝人们抑制过度膨胀的欲望

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