“The object of each separate act of working is that which accords with
the habit they go to form. Courage is the habit which separate acts of
bravery go to form, therefore the object of these is that which accords
with Courage, _i.e._ Courage itself. But Courage is honourable (which
implies that the end and object of it is honour, since things are
denominated according to their end and object), therefore the object of
each separate act of bravery is honour.”
[18] For true Courage is required, i. Exact appreciation of danger. 2.
A Proper motive for resisting fear. Each of the Spurious kinds will be
found to fail in one or other, or both.
[19] This may merely mean, “who give strict orders” not to flinch,
which would imply the necessity of compulsion The word is capable of
the sense given above, which seems more forcible.
[20] See Book VI. chap. xiii. near the end [Greek: sokrataes aehen oun
logous tas aretas oeto einai (epiotaemas gar einai pasas)]
[21] Such as the noise, the rapid movements, and apparent confusion
which to an inexperienced eye and ear would be alarming. So Livy says
of the Gauls, v. 37, Nata in _vanos_ tumultus gens.
[22]In Coronea in Bœotia, on the occasion of the citadel being betrayed
to some Phocians. “The regulars” were Boeotian troops, the [Greek:
politika] Coroneans.
[23] By the difference of tense it seems Aristotle has mixed up two
things, beginning to speak of the particular instance, and then carried
into the general statement again. This it is scarce worth while to
imitate.
[24] The meaning of the phrase [Greek: kata sumbebaekos], as here used,
in given in the Seventh Book, chap. X. [Greek: ei gar tis todi dia todi
aireitai ae diokei, kath ahuto men touto diokei kai aireitai, kata
sumbebaekos de to proteron].
BOOK V
[1] Each term is important to make up the character of Justice, men
must have the capacity, do the acts, and do them from moral choice.
[2] But not always. [Greek: Philein], for instance, has two senses, “to
love” and “to kiss,” [Greek: misein] but one. Topics, I. chap. XIII. 5.
[3] _Things_ are [Greek: homonuma] which have only their name in
common, being in themselves different. The [Greek: homonumia] is
_close_ therefore when the difference though real is but slight. There
is no English expression for [Greek: homonumia], “equivocal” being
applied to a term and not to its various significates.
[4] See Book I. chap. 1. [Greek: toiautaen de tina planaen echei kai
tagatha k.t.l.]
[5] A man habitually drunk in private is viewed by our law as confining
his vice to himself, and the law therefore does not attempt to touch
him; a religious hermit may be viewed as one who confines his virtue to
his own person.
[6] See the account of Sejanus and Livia. Tac. Annal. IV. 3.