For instance, Aristotle claims that a man of great soul does not take small risks and will gladly do favors while at the same time shunning a similar show of charity.
Some of these points seem honorable, while others appear to fall into the popular conduct and ideals of the modern age, which is among the most transient of human generations.
In Book IV of the Ethics, the philosopher gives a very simple account of the conduct and demeanor of a man whose soul is great. Many have criticized Aristotle’s conception, which makes it a stellar place to touch down for further investigation into the matter of what makes a man honorable. Though not immune from academic criticism, the concept of the “Great-Souled Man,” as laid out by Aristotle in his Nichomachean Ethics, is certainly an early rendition of what a man of honor looked like. This is, regrettably, only a primer on the issue and is hardly a comprehensive work. What, then, is honor? What follows below is a look at various ideas of honor through the ages, followed by what honor in its present state means for mankind, and finally a few concluding thoughts. He honors his athletes, scholars, and the myriad other high achievers in our society. He honors his promises, his vows, his laws, and his debts. Man honors God, the prophets, and his parents. The reason for this is because honor, whatever it is determined to be, is itself honest, good, beautiful, and true. Men and women of honor speak to the soul they speak to that which in every living human is real and true. Not relegated to our fairy tales only, honor is also found in all of the great stories of history, both told and untold. Men and women of valor would slay the dragon, defeat the witch, overthrow or subvert the evil king, all in the name of fulfilling their sense of honor. Honor has for a millennium been the central point in the stories we read to our children in the hope that they too will grow to live honorably. Every action of his hand, every thought that found its way from the mind to the mouth and past the lips, every motivation for every endeavor worthy of his undertaking-they were all of them dictated by a man’s inborn sense honor, and aimed at either bolstering that honor which already existed, or else at reclaiming that which through some misfortune had been lost. There was a time in days gone by when honor was the driving force behind the life of every great, good, and decent man. Kee as he explores the meaning of honor as it has unfolded throughout history.
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Today’s offering in our Timeless Essay series affords our readers the opportunity to join Jeremy A. To do the honorable thing is to submit the whole of one’s being to the belief that there is underlying all human life and interaction, and indeed all of existence, a universal sense of right and wrong.
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