<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The Greek name thumos joins courage, passion,... > The Greek name *thumos* joins courage, passion, pride, and the will to strive in one account of public life. Rubio used it to describe the motive force without which institutions become unable to defend or renew themselves. A polity may possess libraries, monuments, universities, and laws while losing the energy to use them. The future of an inheritance therefore depends not only on its archive, but on living people willing to act upon what they know. **Source:** [[articles/America's Neo-Western Renewal from the Acropolis of Athens to Eternity|America's Neo-Western Renewal from the Acropolis of Athens to Eternity]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The Greek name thumos joins courage, passion, pride, and the will to strive in one account of public life. Rubio used it to describe the motive force without which institutions become unable to defend or renew themselves. A polity may possess libraries, monuments, universities, and laws while losing the energy to use them. The future of an inheritance therefore depends not only on its archive, but on living people willing to act upon what they know.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/passages/passages-greek-name-thumos-act-upon-know ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->