Philosophy for Living Chapter 11

Courage location

--is the virtue located in the irascible appetite which allows us to get the greatest good out of those appetites.

Courage

---goes after objects which are difficult, money, power, fame, honor, glory, reputation, things which involve risk.

ascetic and athletic

The --- and the --seek the same goal:, bringing the body under the control of the mind / will so that it will perform to the limits of its capacity.

courage and related vices

For an external observer, it is not easy to tell ---

perseverance

acts of courage over a protracted period of time.

patience

involves "putting up with" great hardship.

fickleness

---does not put up with anything which takes too long.

stubborn

too much "perseverance" because there are times when the only sane thing to do is to give up.

virtus

The Roman ---was courage, virtue most becoming the adult man (vir).

patience with gratitude and humility

---can be very closely linked to both notions of ---

humility as a golden mean

If we have an honest awareness of ourselves, we must of necessity become humble: striking the ---- between boasting and self-belittlement.

humility

is truth: the fine line between the 'Great I' and `poor little me'.

patience as a form of courage

for those who must endure being the recipients of others when they would rather be left alone, self-sufficient..

insensibility

such a thing as being too patient.

gentleness

the fullness of courage and patience. --is more accurately ascribed as a virtue to people of immense personal power capable of great anger. It is in the expression of gentleness by this type that shows the shining forth of true mastery of self and the ful

magnificence

, literally magna-facere, is the doing of great deeds

liberality

is the least of the varieties of courage because it only extends to courageous control over our desire for getting and spending'

liberality as a type of courage

The whole force of -- as a type of---comes home to us only if we realize that we sometimes confuse what we have with what we are..