Courage: The Politics of Life and Limb

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Achilles, 47, 48, 62, 72, 111, 112–16, 117, 140, 143, 153–54, 227, 270n.60, 276n.11 Aeschylus, 87, 101–2 agoge, 56, 58, 90, 97, 171. See also education ahimsa, 245, 317n.24. See also nonviolence aideomai. See shame aidos. See shame ancestors, 39, 165, 197, 207, 217–18 anxiety, 249–50 animals, 9, 35, 36, 40, 162, 170, 174, 177, 186–87, 225. See also beasts arete, 27, 88, 97. See also virtue Aristodemus, 37–43, 50–56, 60, 107, 141, 177 Aristophanes, 97–108, 109, 110, 111, 114, 115–17, 122, 133, 141, 191, 227, 240 armor, 53, 118, 122–26, 128, 131 atimia. See dishonor; injustice augurs. See seers Augustine, 162–63, 216, 247–48 authenticity, 22, 250, 290n.9, 291n.10 autonomy, 8, 17, 19, 71, 167, 241, 293n.18, 297n.32 as fundamental care, 21, 141–42, 152–53, 170, 191, 192–93 of the hero, 153–55 of individuals, 159, 161–65, 169, 171–74, 181–89 as masculine trait, 11, 13 of peoples, 143–50, 151, 158–59 threats to, 177–80, 187 See also freedom; liberty avarice, 109, 207, 209, 223. See also cupidity; greed; pleonexia avenge, 73, 84, 155, 247. See also revenge; vengeance 353 Index 354  Index bankruptcy, 212, 318n.49 barbarian, 73, 86, 147, 148, 156–57, 216, 239, 251 battle brothers, 18, 38, 69, 72, 74, 81, 89, 140, 145, 216, 246. See also comradeship; Kriegsbruderlichkeit beasts, 110, 133, 136, 160, 185, 208. See also animals Being, 10, 11, 248, 250–51, 290n.7 Berlin, Isaiah, 192–93 blood, 68–69, 84–85, 100, 148, 149, 154–55, 157, 171, 236 Bloom, Allan, 114–16, 165, 181, 229 body, 11, 15, 47, 54, 71–73, 104, 107, 111, 123, 143, 144, 146, 148, 150, 158–61, 164–65, 168, 170, 174, 180, 183, 187–88, 212, 225 bonds, 41, 62, 68, 70, 73, 76–77, 146, 185, 194, 202, 204, 214, 218, 220, 236, 309n.48 books, 180–81, 220 bootcamp, 70 care communities of, 14–15, 18–19, 67, 152, 200, 237 ethics of, 11–13 as fundamental, 7–14 Heidegger on, 10–11 charge, military, 18, 52–53, 74, 271n.66 chest, 52, 53, 193 children, 9, 46, 166, 168–72, 175, 177–87, 217, 230, 246, 254, 286n.96 Christ, 62, 153, 247, 299n.43 Christianity, 45, 62, 168, 182, 192, 211, 224, 246–47, 250, 253 citizenship, 2, 20, 93, 111–12, 117, 121, 127–28, 133, 134–37, 141, 197, 204, 227, 236, 254, 263n.7 civility, 144, 149 civil war, 52, 74, 87, 99 compassion, 21, 198, 300nn.50, 52 as mode of articulation, 142, 167, 182 Rousseau and the art of, 184–91 as secularized mercy, 192 as strength of soul, 158 as weakness, 194 See also pity comradeship, 67–68. See also battle brothers; Kriegsbruderlichkeit contract, 16, 211, 228, 231, 301n.57 cowardice Aristotle’s view of, 108, 272n.74 and drawing blood, 85 in Frogs, 99–101 Heidegger’s view of, 249 and insult, 84 in Knights, 106 Nietzsche s view of, 248, 318n.42 Pericles’ view of, 95–96 Plato’s view of, 116, 140 Rousseau’s view of, 141, 145, 168, 178 and suicide, 272n.74 cowards, 2, 4, 79, 83, 253 in battle, 23 hallmark of, 9 Homeric view of, 49 Laches’ view of, 131 and malingering, 268n.38 Nicias as, 118–20, 285n.87 and nihilism, 243–45 Index  355 Patton’s view of, 269n.54 of political theorists, 2 Spartan view of, 28–48, 52 Spartan women and, 57 Tocqueville’s view of, 216, 242, 312n.63 Crusoe, Robinson, 181–83 cupidity, 206–7, 213. See also avarice; greed; pleonexia Darius, 24 death, 6, 7, 11, 17, 20, 33, 34, 39, 42, 43, 44, 56, 60, 61, 63, 68–69, 80, 84, 86, 96, 109, 116, 120, 154, 161–63, 166, 168–69, 173, 187, 189, 201, 214, 238, 240, 247, 289n.3, 295n.23, 297n.34 Demaratus, 26–27, 55, 77 democracy, 2, 21, 91, 102, 196–97, 199, 200, 204–6, 216, 218, 219, 221, 225, 228, 229–33 democratic leisure. See rhathumia dialectics, 185, 265n.22 Dioneces, 60, 262n.6 discourse, 6, 12, 15–16, 20, 21, 94, 97, 101–2, 106, 113–14, 119, 122, 131, 133–35, 138, 140, 142, 160, 170, 192. See also logos; reason; speech disgrace, 33, 42, 50, 202. See also...