“Warriors with developed senses of honour and hair-trigger tempers sensitive to the slightest insult make dangerous enemies but they also make uncertain… — C. D. C. Reeve Copy Share Image
“Anger is triggered by insult, then, and so is connected to worth (aretê) and to honour (timê). A person is insulted when the treatment… — C. D. C. Reeve Copy Share Image
“Warriors with developed senses of honour and hair-trigger tempers sensitive to the slightest insult make dangerous enemies but they also make uncertain allies. Indeed,… — C. D. C. Reeve Copy Share Image
“warrior hero such as Ajax, Hector or Achilles must be willing to fight in hand-to-hand combat day after day. He must be able, physically… — C. D. C. Reeve Copy Share Image
“Anger or rage (mênis, thumos, orgê) is an emotion, a mixture of belief and desire. It is not a somatic feeling, as nausea and… — C. D. C. Reeve Copy Share Image
“Honour, like insult, comes from others. It is their recognition of our worth. It is the intrusion of the social into the psychological, the… — C. D. C. Reeve Copy Share Image
