傲慢是沒有標準的。衹懂得一加一等於二的人未必不傲慢,懂得微積分甚至相對論的人未必傲慢。事實上,傲慢容易發生在前者的身上,因為他們短視。
七宗罪之一,屬七宗罪之首,
釋:驕傲-期望他人註視自己或過度愛好自己。(因擁有而感到比其他人優越)(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把每種罪行和惡魔聯繫在一起,代表各種罪行的惡魔會引誘擁有相同罪行的人。根據 Binsfeld 的分類,其配對如下:
路西法 (Lucifer):傲慢 (Lucifer是因傲慢,不願嚮耶穌下跪猜引起耶和華不滿,最終挑起“諸神黃昏”)
英文解釋
: 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