Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    The Atlas·Groups

    boxer

    group · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages

    boxers · that artist of the boxing · the athletes

    spoken of as

    1 expression

    Boxers1 mention

    Nicomachean Ethics (Greek)

    to boxers, for example, their end—the object they box for, the wreath and the honors of victory—is pleasant, but the blows they receive must hurt them, being men of flesh and blood, and all the labor of training is painful;
    chapter 3

    in the texts

    Nicomachean EthicsClassical · Greek

    Athletes cited as an analogy for enduring pain in pursuit of a noble, pleasant end.

    to boxers, for example, their end—the object they box for, the wreath and the honors of victory—is pleasant, but the blows they receive must hurt them, being men of flesh and blood, and all the labor of training is painful;
    chapter 3

    De SpectaculisLate Antiquity · Latin

    Athletic combat performers (boxers/athletes), condemned for bodily self-abuse and pictured suffering at judgment.

    For such scars of the boxing-gloves, and the calluses of the fists, and the fungous growths of the ears, he received from God when he was being moulded;
    de spectaculis
    then the athletes are to be contemplated, hurled not in the gymnasia but in the fire—save that not even then would I wish them seen, as one who would rather turn an insatiable gaze upon those who raged against the Lord.
    de spectaculis