Motif
destructive overreaching against nature
destructive_overreaching_against_nature
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Forbidden Projects and Cosmic Overreach. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE LION AND THE BOAR / THE WALNUT-TREE / THE MAN AND THE LION / THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE; lines 2208-2220 confidence: high
The eagle protests that the attempt is futile because nature has not given the tortoise wings.
The tortoise ignores the eagle's warning that nature did not give him wings and insists on learning flight, leading to his destruction.
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