Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“The moral fear of shame had risen superior to the physical fear of harm.”
- Source
- What Is Man?
- Date
- 1906
- Local voice
- Dialogue speaker · Old Man
Meaning of “The moral fear of shame had risen superior…”
The dialogue describes competing fears rather than fearlessness: social shame can become strong enough to override the immediate impulse to escape physical danger.
Where does it come from?
What Is Man?, Old Man describing the imagined timid soldier in battle; the example analyzes how one learned pressure may overpower another fear.
Why the local voice matters
What Is Man?, Old Man describing the imagined timid soldier in battle; the example analyzes how one learned pressure may overpower another fear.
