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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread hamartia #79203 08/29/02 08:26 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "hamartia" is a lovely word I stumbled on. "The hero of tragedy is not perfect, however. To witness a completely virtuous person fall from fortune to disaster would provoke moral outrage at such an injustice. Likewise, the downfall of a villainous person is seen as appropriate punishment and does not arouse pity or fear. The best type of tragic hero, according to Aristotle, exists "between these extremes . . . a person who is neither perfect in virtue and justice, nor one who falls into misfortune through vice and depravity, but rather, one who succumbs through some miscalculation." The term hamartia, which Golden translates as "miscalculation," literally means "missing the mark," taken from the practice of archery. Taken from http://larryavisbrown.homestead.com/Aristotle_Tragedy.html The whole thing is well worth reading. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted hamartia wwh 08/29/02 08:26 PM Re: hamartia wwh 08/29/02 09:15 PM Re: hamartia wwh 08/30/02 02:01 PM Re: hamartia Faldage 08/30/02 02:16 PM But what did he see in Nixon that repelled him? TEd Remington 08/30/02 03:17 PM Re: But what did he see in Nixon that repelled him? wwh 08/30/02 04:25 PM Re: But what did he see in Nixon that repelled him? slithy toves 08/30/02 09:35 PM Re: But what did he see in Nixon that repelled him? Capital Kiwi 08/31/02 01:06 AM Re: But what did he see in Nixon that repelled him? TEd Remington 08/31/02 04:41 PM Re: But what did he see in Nixon that repelled him? slithy toves 08/31/02 09:41 PM Re: But what did he see in Nixon that repelled him Alex Williams 09/01/02 02:02 AM Re: But what did he see in Nixon that repelled him? milum 09/01/02 02:27 AM Eisenhower was a nice man. Eisenhower was a nice m TEd Remington 09/01/02 03:59 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,004 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,187 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 12 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,965 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,956 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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