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• courage — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, extraordinary, great, immense, outstanding (esp. BrE), remarkable, tremendous ▪ personal ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• require — verb ADVERB ▪ urgently ▪ Many of the refugees urgently require medical treatment. ▪ reasonably (law, esp. BrE) ▪ generally, normally, typically …   Collocations dictionary

• require — 01. If you [require] any special diet, please let the kitchen know ahead of time. 02. This airline seat sale [requires] you to book your ticket at least a month in advance. 03. Children with learning disabilities [require] a lot of assistance at… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Moral courage — is the courage to take action for moral reasons despite the risk of adverse consequences.[1] Courage is required to take action when one has doubts or fears about the consequences. Moral courage therefore involves deliberation or careful thought …   Wikipedia

• Civic courage — is the willingness to talk directly to people in authority. Alternatives are avoiding authority all together, or communicating only what is perceived to be expected. Actions that require civic courage vary by culture. See also Andrei Sakharov… …   Wikipedia

• take a lot of nerve — 1. tv. to be very rude; to require a lot of rudeness (to behave so badly). □ He walked out on her, and that took a lot of nerve! □ That took a lot of nerve! You took my parking place! 2. tv. to require courage. □ He climbed the mountain with a… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• daredevil — [[t]de͟ə(r)dev(ə)l[/t]] daredevils 1) ADJ: ADJ n Daredevil people enjoy doing physically dangerous things. A daredevil parachutist jumped from the top of Tower Bridge today. N COUNT Daredevil is also a noun. He was a daredevil when young. 2) ADJ …   English dictionary

• Nicomachean Ethics — Part of a series on Aristotle …   Wikipedia

• Socrates and the beginnings of moral philosophy — Hugh H.Benson INTRODUCTION Cicero in Tusculan Disputations famously tells us that Socrates first called philosophy down from the sky, set it in cities and even introduced it into homes, and compelled it to consider life and morals, good and evil …   History of philosophy

• Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …   Universalium

• international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium