I refer those actions which work out the good of the agent to courage, and those which work out the good of others to nobility. Therefore temperance, sobriety, and presence of mind in danger, etc., are species of courage; but modesty, clemency, etc., are species of nobility.


Ethics, III, proposition 59: note

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I refer those actions which work out the good of the agent to courage, and those which work out the good of others to nobility. Therefore temperance, ...

I refer those actions which work out the good of the agent to courage, and those which work out the good of others to nobility. Therefore temperance, ...

I refer those actions which work out the good of the agent to courage, and those which work out the good of others to nobility. Therefore temperance, ...

I refer those actions which work out the good of the agent to courage, and those which work out the good of others to nobility. Therefore temperance, ...