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anything else? Have you never
observed what an irresistible and invincible thing is spirit,Anger (or the heart's desire?) buys its will
at the price of life, as Heracleitus says (fr. 105 Bywater). Cf.
Aristotle Eth. Nic. 1105 a 9,
1116 b 23. the presence of which
makes every soul in the face of everything fearless and
unconquerable?” “I have.” “The
physical qualities of the guardian, then, are obvious.”
“Yes.” “And also those of his soul, namely
that he must be of high spirit.” “Yes, this
too.” “How then, Glaucon,” said I,
“will they escape being savage to one anotherCf. Spencer, Psychology 511: “Men
cannot be kept unsympathetic towards external enemies without
to accomplish this, and pain and
fear and desire more sure than any lye. This power in the soul, then, this
unfailing conservation of right and lawful beliefCf. Protagoras 360 C-D, Laws
632 C, Aristotle Eth. Nic. 1116
b 24. Strictly speaking, Plato would recognize four grades, (1)
philosophic bravery, (2) the bravery of the E)PI/KOUROI here defined, (3) casual civic bravery in
ordinary states, (4) animal instinct, which hardly deserves the name.
Cf. Laches 196 E, Mill, Nature, p. 47
“Consistent courage is always the effect of
cultivation,” etc., Unity of Plato's Thought,
nn. 46 and 77. about things to be and not to be feared is what I
call and would assume to be courage, unless you have somethin