Aristotle on the Pleasure of Courage
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Published:2019-06-28
Issue:2
Volume:36
Page:289-312
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ISSN:0142-257X
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Container-title:Polis: The Journal for Ancient Greek and Roman Political Thought
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language:
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Short-container-title:Polis
Affiliation:
1. Department of Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies, Utah State University Logan, UT USA
Abstract
Abstract
Aristotle repeatedly qualifies the pleasure of courageous actions relative to other kinds of virtuous actions. This article argues that the pleasure of courageous actions is qualified because virtuous activity and its pleasure is dependent upon external conditions, and the external conditions of courageous actions are particularly constraining. The article shows that Curzer’s explanation of the qualified pleasure of courageous actions by the presence of pain violates Aristotle’s commitment to virtuous actions as being pleasant by their nature.
Subject
Sociology and Political Science,Philosophy,History,Classics
Cited by
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