| 词条 | Kalos kagathos |
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Kalos kagathos ({{lang-grc|καλὸς κἀγαθός}} {{IPA-grc|kalos kaːɡatʰós|}}),[1] of which kalokagathia ({{lang|grc|καλοκαγαθία}}) is the derived noun, is a phrase used by classical Greek writers to describe an ideal of gentlemanly personal conduct, especially in a military context. Its use is attested since Herodotus and the classical period.[2] The phrase is adjectival, composed of two adjectives, {{lang|grc|καλός}} ("beautiful") and {{lang|grc|ἀγαθός}} ("good" or "virtuous"), the second of which is combined by crasis with {{lang|grc|καί}} "and" to form {{lang|grc|κἀγαθός}}. Werner Jaeger summarizes it as "the chivalrous ideal of the complete human personality, harmonious in mind and body, foursquare in battle and speech, song and action".[3]UsesThe word was a term used in Greek when discussing the concept of aristocracy.[4] It became a fixed phrase by which the Athenian aristocracy referred to itself; in the ethical philosophers, the first of whom were Athenian gentlemen, the term came to mean the ideal or perfect man. The phrase could be used both in a generic sense, or with certain specific force. As a generic term, it may have been used as the combination of distinct virtues, which we might translate as "handsome and brave", or the intersection of the two words "good" or "upstanding". Translations such as "gentleman" or "knight" have traditionally been suggested to convey the social aspect of the phrase, while "war hero" or the more cynical "martyr" are more recent versions, and emphasise the military element. Its recorded usage dates from the second half of the 5th and in the 4th century B.C.. For example, in Plato's Lysis, a young man is described as imbued with kalokagathia.[5] There is thematic discussion of kalokagathia in Aristotle's Eudemian Ethics,[6] Book VIII, chapter 3 (1248b). And how a kalos kagathos (gentleman) should live is also discussed at length in Xenophon's Socratic dialogues, especially the Oeconomicus. In Aristotle, the term becomes important as a technical term used in discussions about Ethics.[6] KalosThe adjective {{lang|grc|καλός}} means beautiful and encompasses meanings equivalent to English "good", "noble", and "handsome". The form given by convention is the masculine, but it was equally used of women (the feminine form is {{lang|grc|καλή}}) and could also describe animals or inanimate objects. Plato, in his work Republic, used the term {{lang|grc|τὸ καλόν}} (the neutral form) in his attempts to define ideals. However, his protagonist in the dialogue, Socrates, stated that he did not fully comprehend the nature of this {{lang|grc|καλόν}}. AgathosThis second adjective means "good" in a broad and general sense, and had no particular physical or aesthetic connotations, but could describe a person's excellence of character (ethical virtue), for example their bravery. In the 4th century, it often carried implications of dutiful citizenship. Related termIn Aristotle's ethical works such as the Nicomachean Ethics and Eudemian Ethics, the term megalopsuchia ("greatness of soul", magnanimity) has been interpreted as being "large scale kalokagathia" by the scholar Jennifer Whiting (1998). Her interpretation is dependent upon the interpretation that for Aristotle, both kalokagathia and megalopsuchia, are not, in their true forms, virtues that come about only because people want to be honoured for doing good things.[6] Latin correspondenceThe possession of the beautiful and the good ("kalos kai agathos") has a correspondent in Latin: "mens sana in corpore sano" (healthy soul in healthy body). It is also seen as a target in balanced education of body and spirit. See also
References1. ^Also kalokagathos derived from kalos kai agathos. 2. ^{{LSJ|kaloka)/gaqos|καλοκἄγαθος|ref}} 3. ^Paideia, The Ideals of Greek Culture, Werner Jaeger, trans. By Gilbert Highet, Oxford University Press, NY, 1945, p. 13. 4. ^{{cite book |last1=Cawthorn |first1=Katrina |title=Becoming Female: The Male Body in Greek Tragedy |date=2013 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=9781472521231 |page=76 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_VsBAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA76}} 5. ^{{cite book |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yksVAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT18|first1=Ingomar|last1= Weiler|title=Representing the Body of the Slave Studies in slave and post-slave societies and cultures|issn=1462-1770|editor-first1= Jane|editor-last1= Gardner|editor-first2= Thomas|editor-last2= Wiedemann)|publisher=Routledge|date= 12 Nov 2013 |ISBN=1317791711|chapter=Inverted Kalokagathia}} 6. ^1 2 {{cite book |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=fbcl97dOU2QC&pg=PA178|first1=Stephen|last1= Engstrom|first2= Jennifer|last2= Whiting|title=Aristotle, Kant, and the Stoics: Rethinking Happiness and Duty|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date= April 13, 1998|edition=reprint|ISBN=0521624975|page=178}} Bibliography
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