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Courage Is the Mean (Aristotle)

Boris and Friends: Philosophy Bites, episode 19 · 1 min · Stupid Potato Studios

Free philosophy cartoon: Aristotle on courage as the mean between cowardice and rashness. Hedda the hen fears everything, Ernest the beaver gives Aristotle's words, and Boris the bear explains the right amount of fear. Words: Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, translated by W. D. Ross

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