warrior ethos
The Warrior Ethos is a book that analyses warrior cultures from the past and present. From Adam and Eve to the Spartans and U.S Marines, Steven Pressfield expresses the “Warrior Ethos” in so many different ways because there is no definitive answer. The dictionary defines “Ethos” as “The moral character, nature, disposition and customs of a people or culture.”
Where does our Warrior Ethos come from? Are we born with it or do we develop it over a period of time? The correct answer is that we are taught through training and discipline. A good example are the Spartans. A young boy at the age seven starts training till the age of eighteen when they join the army. Throughout the years of their intense training these young Spartans go through some rigorous training. For example they were encourage to steal food because stealing was not a crime but getting caught was. It was not unheard of for a boy to get beating to death without murmuring a single word.
Ever since from boot camp the word I is struck out of our vocabulary we share the same head and slept in the same common area. All these three things didn’t have a meaning while we were there. But little did we know that the DI’s were trying to engrave that weren’t individuals anymore we were a group/family instead. As warriors we have to understand that the group comes before the individual. This is called being selfless this is important to the warriors ethos because selflessness produces courage because it binds men together and proves to each individual that he is not alone. A good example is Alexander the Great. He showed many deeds of selflessness. But one of his acts that stood out is when Alexander was leading his army through a dry desert with no water for miles scouts were detach to find water and they did. They brought him back a helmet full of water and without touching a single drop he thanked his men and poured the water to ground. Alexander rite there and then put his
Where does our Warrior Ethos come from? Are we born with it or do we develop it over a period of time? The correct answer is that we are taught through training and discipline. A good example are the Spartans. A young boy at the age seven starts training till the age of eighteen when they join the army. Throughout the years of their intense training these young Spartans go through some rigorous training. For example they were encourage to steal food because stealing was not a crime but getting caught was. It was not unheard of for a boy to get beating to death without murmuring a single word.
Ever since from boot camp the word I is struck out of our vocabulary we share the same head and slept in the same common area. All these three things didn’t have a meaning while we were there. But little did we know that the DI’s were trying to engrave that weren’t individuals anymore we were a group/family instead. As warriors we have to understand that the group comes before the individual. This is called being selfless this is important to the warriors ethos because selflessness produces courage because it binds men together and proves to each individual that he is not alone. A good example is Alexander the Great. He showed many deeds of selflessness. But one of his acts that stood out is when Alexander was leading his army through a dry desert with no water for miles scouts were detach to find water and they did. They brought him back a helmet full of water and without touching a single drop he thanked his men and poured the water to ground. Alexander rite there and then put his