| − | The various English synonyms for pride differentiate both great divisions of meaning as well as various subtleties of meaning. For example, pride has been defined in the Middle Ages as the "inordinate desire to excel"<ref name="excel">Aquinas, Thomas (1274) paraphrasing [[Albert the Great]]. ''Summa Theologica'', Part II-I, Q. 84, A. 2, ans. Translated by Fathers of the English Province. New York: Benzinger Brothers. The translated phrase Aquinas uses is pride is understood as "denoting inordinate desire to excel".</ref>. While vainglory or vanity has been defined as the inordinate desire of ''appearing'' to excel. The English synonym for pride, hubris, is a direct adoption of an ancient Greek word into the English alphabet with the same meaning. | + | The various English synonyms for pride differentiate both great divisions of meaning as well as various subtleties of meaning. For example, pride has been defined in the Middle Ages as the "inordinate desire to excel".<ref name="excel">Aquinas, Thomas (1274) paraphrasing [[Albert the Great]]. ''Summa Theologica'', Part II-I, Q. 84, A. 2, ans. Translated by Fathers of the English Province. New York: Benzinger Brothers. The translated phrase Aquinas uses is pride is understood as "denoting inordinate desire to excel".</ref> While vainglory or vanity has been defined as the inordinate desire of ''appearing'' to excel. The English synonym for pride, hubris, is a direct adoption of an ancient Greek word into the English alphabet with the same meaning. |