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The man moreover who exceeds in feeling fear is a coward, since

there attach to him the circumstances of fearing wrong objects,

in wrong ways, and so forth. He is deficient also in feeling

confidence, but he is most clearly seen as exceeding in the case

of pains; he is a fainthearted kind of man, for he fears all

things: the Brave man is just the contrary, for boldness is the

property of the light-hearted and hopeful.

So the coward, the rash, and the Brave man have exactly the same

object-matter, but stand differently related to it: the two

first-mentioned respectively exceed and are deficient, the last

is in a mean state and as he ought to be. The rash again are

precipitate, and, being eager before danger, when actually in it

fall away, while the Brave are quick and sharp in action, but

before are quiet and composed.