Nicomachean Ethics by Aristóteles — Read

Fear is not excited in all men by the same things, but yet we commonly speak of fearful things that surpass man's power to face. Such things, then, inspire fear in every rational man. But the fearful things that a man may face differ in importance and in being more or less fearful (and so with the things that inspire confidence). Now, the courageous man always keeps his presence of mind (so far as a man can). So though he will fear these fearful things, he will endure them as he ought and as reason bids him, for the sake of that which is noble; [56] for this is the end or aim of virtue.

[56]: τοῦ καλοῦ ἕνεκα, the highest expression that Aristotle has for the moral motive, = καλοῦ ἕνεκα (see below starting at "But the end or motive of every manifestation. ") and δτι καλόν (see below starting at "Courage then, as we have said. "), "as a means to or as a constituent part of the noble life. " ↩︎