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Single Idea 203

[from 'Protagoras' by Plato, in 20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism ]

Full Idea

Knowledge of what is and is not to be feared is courage.

Gist of Idea

Courage is knowing what should or shouldn't be feared

Source

Plato (Protagoras [c.380 BCE], 360d)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Protagoras and Meno', ed/tr. Guthrie,W K C [Penguin 1956], p.98