Do They Tie Honor and Glory to Virtue?

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Aristotle said honour depends on other people, and they may give it to you on false grounds. The story really is that goodness is virtue, or virtue is wisdom. And that something like honor glory are very derivative. In the best case, they follow on your virtue,. Like your virtue is honourable. You might say, that's an honourable person and an old but that's a kind of old fashioned meaning of honorable. Often it meansoh, that person has a lot of rank. That person got a lot o a lot of medals. Your worth has to do with something much different.

What can we learn from the intersection between the fundamental tenets of Stoicism and military heroism? Author and professor Nancy Sherman uses her extensive experience in both subjects to discuss why there’s much to gain from examining ancient Greek and Roman philosophies and how to use their teachings today. On this episode Sherman explores how to gain control of your emotions, Stoic techniques for decision making, building resilience, the difference between honor and virtue, and much more. Sherman is a Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University, and she is also the inaugural Distinguished Chair in Ethics at the United States Naval Academy. She has written extensively during her career on the Stoics, and her most recent book is Stoic Wisdom: Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience.

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