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Full Idea
Socrates thought that courage is scientific knowledge.
Gist of Idea
Courage is scientific knowledge
Source
report of Socrates (reports of career [c.420 BCE]) by Aristotle - Eudemian Ethics 1230a06
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Eudemian Ethics', ed/tr. Reeve, C.D.C. [Hackett 2021], p.40
A Reaction
Aristotle himself says that reason produces courage, but he also says it arises from natural youthful spirits. I favour the view that there is a strong rational component in true courage.