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Category Archives: Courage

Death and Chivalry

For history’s elite warriors, death was their business. It was no metaphor or dramatization for them. Death was their coin and bread. They braced themselves to mete it out and recieve it in kind. Philosophy and literature reflects this need.

Posted byPaul BrysonOctober 29, 2023October 29, 2023Posted inCourageTags:Bushido, Chivalry, death, Knights, Samurai, WarriorLeave a comment on Death and Chivalry

“The future springs from the past”

Sundiata, king of kings of west Africa

Posted byPaul BrysonMarch 5, 2023Posted inChivalry, Courage, Justice, Largesse, ProwessTags:Mandinka, Medieval Africa, SundiataLeave a comment on “The future springs from the past”

Prowess, Courage, & Embracing Risk

Dealing with the risk of loss; How Courage aids the exercise of Prowess

Posted byPaul BrysonMarch 26, 2021Posted inChivalry, Courage, ProwessTags:Battle, Chivalry, Courage, Iliad, Knights, Risk, SamuraiLeave a comment on Prowess, Courage, & Embracing Risk
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