Heroism
In Our Time
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The Role of Passion in Greek Heroism
Passion becomes an unhertz virtue. In fact, to some extent, prefigured in the socratic idea of somebody who's prepared to be put to death rather than escape because he believes what he does and wants to stick by his belief. And that's one tremendously important thing. The second important thing is not so much a question of Jesus himself, but people who have faith in him and who therefore can suffer something that the heroes of classical times got as a reward for their heroism. That if you stick with the faith and you allow yourself to be martyred for it, you too will become something of a god, an angel. You'll get to heaven.
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