Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / November 13, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, on Jul. 2010
Courage is the value that a person presents to carry out a certain task, action, among other possibilities.
Human virtue that consists of strength and unwavering courage to achieve something
It is one of the most important and outstanding human virtues that a man can possess on this earth, since he who presents it knows that he has a unwavering willpowerthat will allow you to carry out a task or an activity despite the impediments and obstacles that arise and that somehow indicate it as impossible to achieve.
Obstacles, impediments, generally have a negative effect on those who discover or suffer from them, so it is inevitable that fear will awaken as a consequence of these. And this is where courage will come into play if you have it... because courage will become skill when it comes to overcoming and facing fears as equals, persevering with the action to be carried out.
Courage is directly associated with heroism and courage, thus, whoever acts with courage will be able to overcome his fears and doubts, and will act with firmness, either in a large feat that involves many people, or in a small action everyday.
The origin of the word courage is Latin, cor (heart) and this is derived in turn from the Greek kardia. The word gives the idea of moving the heart forward in what has to be done.
Meanwhile, courage can be physical, which opposes both physical pain and the performance of heavy tasks or the possibility of receiving injury or damage; and the courage moral It will be the one that will allow us to act correctly in each circumstance despite receiving, discrediting, social retaliation or dishonor for that behavior.
Present in those who carry out tasks in which danger lurks
Courage is a virtue that is found especially in those people who work in the military field, in the field of safety or in that of prevention and disaster relief, that is, in those activities in which the danger it is something imminent.
Those who act in these contexts must observe courage, it must be a sine quanom condition when intervening in them or being selected to participate in them.
The soldier, the policeman, the rescuer who does not own an important quota of courage will not be able to display according to his activity, because precisely many of the situations he will have to face will imply danger or risk to his own life and to that of the others he has to care for or assist.
On the other hand, courage has also been the power of the heroes of the homeland who have intervened in the war for independence. of their country, and also of those intellectuals who at various times have faced the power of the day with which they did not matched.
All the patriots who have intervened in the search for the independence of their native country have demonstrated this virtue, even most of them even left their own lives in the way of that struggle, which further proves the provision of courage.
The commitment that someone has with a task or with an objective is vital when it comes to developing courage or not, because when someone is extremely committed to the cause that he is leading, for which he fights, nothing and nobody will be able to prevent him from achieving it, even more so, obstacles will be used What resources to develop even more courage.
The other side of courage is cowardice, which implies the absolute absence of courage to face or develop an action. There is a great fear of acting for different reasons, and as we know fear always paralyzes.
Irritation or anger that someone or something generates
And on the other hand, the term courage can also express the irritation, rage, or anger that someone or something produces in a person.
This sense of the term has a recurring use in Mexico.
"It gave me a lot of courage to be late to the first class."