thymos

• Without the sense of pride and the love of struggle that Fukuyama, following Plato, calls thymos, men-and there is always an implication that thymos is a specifically masculine virtue-cannot establish freedom or protect it: —  Maggie's Farm
• This unabashed embrace of empire supplies the critical element - thymos or the desire and striving for recognition - that Francis Fukuyama mourned the passing of with the end of history. —  Foreign Policy In Focus
• In their mining of American history, conservative journalists, historians, and activists found the nuggets they wanted: the humiliations of diplomacy, the importance of individual displays of bravery (thymos!), the contributions of a powerful president, and the militant perfidy of Muslims. —  Foreign Policy In Focus
• These two dissimilar parts are connected by an intermediate element called by Plato thymos or courage, implying the emotions or affections of the heart. —  Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics
• _Phyllis_, _rhombos_, _thymos_; quae profundo spiritu, anhelis faucibus, exploso ore, fundetur. —  The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it

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