The kinds of rhetoric art
The kinds of rhetoric art are three in number; for this much is the number of the listeners of rhetorical speeches too. A rhetorical…
What favour is
Favour seems to be friendship, but is not the same as friendship; for favour occurs both towards strangers and without their knowing it, but…
What is the difference between understanding and practical wisdom?
Understanding or lack of understanding in virtue of which we call men “men of understanding” or “men void of understanding”, are neither entirely the…
What courage is and how it stands between cowardice and rashness
Fear is not the same for all men, but we put down as fearful even something which is beyond human strength. This, then, is…
What choice is and how it stands with respect to the voluntary
Choice, then, seems to be identical with the voluntary, though it is not the same, since the latter is wider; for both children and…
Is courage teachable or natural?
Again, Socrates being asked whether courage is something teachable or natural, “I think,” said he, “just as a body is by nature more resistant…
The various kinds of courage
There are five kinds of courage that are called by a resemblance; for those who are well-known for their courage endure the same things…
What happiness is
All goods, then, are either without or within the soul, and of these those in the soul are preferable, just as we distinguish them…
Why some things are different in species and others are not
One might raise the question, why woman does not differ from man in species, given that male and female differ from each other as…
When a thing can act, and what is capable of doing something
There are some people who assert that a thing can act only when it is acting, whereas when it is not acting it cannot…
