Tuesday, July 19, 2005

andreia

So I was talking to keith today about fear. What is fear? What, conversely, is courage? The greek word for courage is "andreia", which can be translated as "manliness". Surely this is different than "manness", right? In the dialogue Laches, Socrates talks about the relationship of courage to knowledge. Is courage a type of knowledge? In the dialogue, Nicias says that courage is knlwedge of the fearful and hopeful. hmm... more on this later.

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