theBruiser500
08-14-2005, 01:23 AM
I have a couple threads going already in Politics and OOT about courage, and I brought this specific topic (what is courage?) up in OOT but I don't think they are up to it. What do you guys think courage is? I would say it's something you find tough or scary to do. Dictionary.com's definition:
The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence, and resolution; bravery.
this to me almost suggests that a person cannot do something that is really hard and scary for him to do. A specicial mood needs to come over him somehow that allows him to let go of bad emotions and deal with the problem at hand. This definition even seems a little demeaning because it's like you can't deal with a problem in your natural state, some weird mood needs to come over you temporarily "courage" where you don't find the problem to be a problem.
My friend suggested the definition, "something that other people find hard and scary to do" which really seems far off the mark to me. Like a rock climber say, I would say it doesn't take a rock climber courage to do what he does on a normal basis just because I find it scary.
Thoughts?
The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence, and resolution; bravery.
this to me almost suggests that a person cannot do something that is really hard and scary for him to do. A specicial mood needs to come over him somehow that allows him to let go of bad emotions and deal with the problem at hand. This definition even seems a little demeaning because it's like you can't deal with a problem in your natural state, some weird mood needs to come over you temporarily "courage" where you don't find the problem to be a problem.
My friend suggested the definition, "something that other people find hard and scary to do" which really seems far off the mark to me. Like a rock climber say, I would say it doesn't take a rock climber courage to do what he does on a normal basis just because I find it scary.
Thoughts?