Devin O’Donnell is back with another word — Coward. Where does the word come from, and why did the medieval imagination connect cowardice with a dog’s tail tucked between its legs?
In this episode of Isidore’s Pub, Devin traces the word through the Norman Conquest, Middle French, Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Shakespeare’s Falstaff, and the classical understanding of courage as the mean between cowardice and recklessness.
Join us for another exploration into the history of words and the history of man.
The Sin of Our Generation: The Origins of Cowardice | Isidore's Pub, Ep. 14
What is the difference between courage and mere daring? And why does the corruption of words eventually become the corruption of thought itself?
