And do not courageous men endure death because they are afraid of yet greater evils? → οὐκοῦν φόβῳ μειζόνων κακῶν ὑπομένουσιν αὐτῶν οἱ ἀνδρεῖοι τὸν θάνατον, ὅταν ὑπομένωσιν; (Plato, Phaedo 68d)

[Aethanyc]

Hi again! :)
I've been hunting through "Phaedo" and I've found the following:

"And do not courageous men endure death because they are afraid of yet greater evils?"

That seems awfully similar to me but I'd really much rather ask those who know more!

[vbd.]

Hi again! :)
I've been hunting through "Phaedo" and I've found the following:

"And do not courageous men endure death because they are afraid of yet greater evils?"

That seems awfully similar to me but I'd really much rather ask those who know more!

οὐκοῦν φόβῳ μειζόνων κακῶν ὑπομένουσιν αὐτῶν οἱ ἀνδρεῖοι τὸν θάνατον, ὅταν ὑπομένωσιν;

[Aethanyc]

Thanks so much iTech! :)

Would you say that's quite similar in meaning to the shortened Internet version of the original quote I posted? I'm quite naive on the subject of the way things are worded...

[vbd.]

You mean to "Courage is knowing what not to fear"? It is definitely informed by the same spirit. The one quote says that courageous men know what not to fear, the other explains what the thing to fear is (greater evils), and what the thing to not fear is (death) when you're courageous. So yes, you could say that the internet quote you posted seems like a compact version of what is said in this line from Phaedo.

[Aethanyc]

Thanks for clearing that up, I thought it was but I wanted to check!

You've been immensely helpful, thank you so much again!