Aristotle calls another aspect of moral virtue courage. Just as temperance is
\nan habitual disposition to resist the lure of pleasures for the sake of more
\nimportant goods that overindulgence in pleasure would prevent us from getting,
\nso courage is an habitual disposition to take whatever pains may be involved in
\ndoing what we ought to do for the sake of a good life.<\/p>\n
For example, we recognize that getting knowledge and developing certain
\nskills are intellectual virtues that we ought to have. But acquiring knowledge and
\nskills may be painful. Studying is often hard to do; learning how to play a
\nmusical instrument well, how to write well, or how to think well involves
\npracticing that is often irksome.<\/p>\n
The habit of avoiding what is difficult or irksome because it is painful can
\ncertainly interfere with your acquiring knowledge and skills that are really good
\nfor you to have. That bad habit Aristotle calls the vice of cowardice.<\/p>\n
The person who habitually avoids taking pains and trouble for the sake of
\nobtaining real goods is as much a coward as the soldier who runs away in battle
\nfor fear of getting hurt. The soldier who risks his life or overcomes his fear of
\ninjury for the sake of victory in a good cause has courage. So, too, has anyone
\nwho habitually takes trouble, undergoes hardships, and suffers pain, in order to
\nobtain things that are really good for him.<\/p>\n
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\nMORTIMER J. ADLER<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"