In chapter thirteen, Aristotle outlines an ideal of the central character of tragedy, the so-called tragic hero, and identifies the source of the character's downfall with something called hamartia.
在第十三章,亚里斯多德描画一个悲剧中心角色--悲剧主人公的理想,并指出该角色的堕落是因为一种叫“悲剧性缺陷”(hamartia)的东西。