{"id":4635,"date":"2021-06-08T15:51:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T15:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/definition\/ambition\/"},"modified":"2021-06-08T15:51:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T15:51:15","slug":"ambition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enorcerna.com\/wiki\/definition\/ambition\/","title":{"rendered":"ambition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE)<\/strong> defines the ambition<\/strong> As the wish<\/strong> to get can<\/strong>, riches<\/strong> or fame<\/strong>. The term comes from Latin scope<\/em> and it can be used positively or negatively.<\/p>\n

\"Ambition\"Ambition is considered healthy when promotes action and project development<\/strong>. The person who is ambitious seeks to achieve something that he does not currently have. The ambitious subject, therefore, wishes to improve, grow or progress. Ambition works in these cases as an engine that invites us to abandon conformity and mediocrity.<\/p>\n

There must be a limit, however, so that this ambition does not turn into something harmful or dangerous. When the desire is so strong that the person<\/strong> is willing to violate ethical or legal standards to achieve it, ambition becomes risky since it can harm the person or third parties.<\/p>\n

Many are the cases throughout history that come to show how ambition carried to its maximum extreme brings with it all kinds of disasters and calamities. Thus, for example, we could highlight Napoleon Bonaparte, the former emperor of France who had such ambition to become the master and lord of Europe that he carried out all kinds of offensives in order to colonize other nations.<\/p>\n

The result of his actions was that a time came when he had more enemies than allies, thus creating a situation in which his country was severely attacked and in which he had to abdicate. But there is still more, in the end he ended his days in exile on the island of Santa Elena, where he died.<\/p>\n

In the same way, we cannot ignore the figure of the Greek shepherd Erostratus. His ambition led him to want to become one of the key personalities of the moment, a man recognized and famous throughout the world. The way he had to do it was by carrying out the fire, in 356 BC, of \u200b\u200bthe well-known Temple of Artemis, which was listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.<\/p>\n

This desire for notoriety and to do something that meant that the entire planet knew him, meant that said pastor was tortured until he confessed his action. As a result of it, the term erostratism exists today, which is used to refer to those people who have the habit of committing vandalism to achieve fame.<\/p>\n

For example: \"I always had the ambition to play soccer professionally and luckily I was able to fulfill my dream when I was hired by my hometown team for an interprovincial tour\"<\/em>, \"Filling stadiums with my rock band is my greatest ambition\"<\/em>, \"That night I had won a lot of money at roulette and could have retired happily: however, the ambition was stronger and I kept betting until I left with nothing in my pockets\"<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It is usually considered that the healthiest state for a person is one where ambition acts as a trigger for actions, but within the limits of coherence and respect.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n

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