ανδρεια is required to counter faint-heartedness, laziness, and over-attachment to pleasure. It involves an attitude of ‘taking the fight to the enemy’, where the enemy is ones own foolishness, vice and ignorance. Misused ανδρεια manifests itself as anger, aggression and military vain-glory. Properly used it involves self-directed, constructive anger.
ανδρεια also manifests itself as a willingness for, even a love of, toil and effort. It is one of the four cardinal virtues, along with prudence (phronesis), temperance (sophrosyne), and justice (dikaiosyne). Aristotle noted that, as with other virtues, ανδρεια is an optimal level (a “mean”) between the extremes of too little courage (cowardliness) and too much courage (rashness). [1]
The Andreia Philosophy contains three pillars: Mind, Body, and Spirit. Three purposes. Three paths that develop together.
Mastery Examples
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Engineering
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Cooking
Finance
Educating
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Tennis
Surfing
Dancing
Meditation
Christianity
Prayer
Charity
Buddhism
Nature
Children
Surfing
“If you know the way broadly you will see it in all things.”
You may have a single mastery that touches each pillar of Body, Mind, and Spirit. You may have a path for each pillar, and you can even have major and minor paths for each pillar.
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