傲慢是没有标准的。只懂得一加一等于二的人未必不傲慢,懂得微积分甚至相对论的人未必傲慢。事实上,傲慢容易发生在前者的身上,因为他们短视。
七宗罪之一,属七宗罪之首,
释:骄傲-期望他人注视自己或过度爱好自己。(因拥有而感到比其他人优越)(holding self out of proper position toward God or fellows; Dante's definition was "love of self perverted to hatred and contempt for one's neighbor")
傲慢:卓越的欲望
傲慢(Pride)
1589年Peter Binsfeld把每种罪行和恶魔联系在一起,代表各种罪行的恶魔会引诱拥有相同罪行的人。根据 Binsfeld 的分类,其配对如下:
路西法 (Lucifer):傲慢 (Lucifer是因傲慢,不愿向耶稣下跪猜引起耶和华不满,最终挑起“诸神黄昏”)
英文解释
: big headed, assumption
n.: pride, arrogant pride, disdainful, coontemptuous, haughty, a proud [high] stomach, come Captain S-over sb., pride of place, sweeny, superiority, superciliousness, side, sauciness, pursiness, pompousness, pomposity, pertness, irreverence, insolence, importance, hubris, hauteur, haughtiness, hardiness, hardihood, contumely, cheek, arrogant, arrogance