How Volodymyr Zelenskyy Sent Courage Viral

How the courage of one person — to do, in a sense, only what he is expected to do — has lead to outsize consequences on the world stage.

How Volodymyr Zelenskyy Sent Courage Viral
Bruno Snell. The Discovery of the Mind.

Over the past few years, the world has been rightfully preoccupied with viruses that spread from one individual to another. Despite its ability to exploit what we have in common, Covid-19 has in many ways driven us apart, isolated us, and left us only with a communion of fear and anxiety.

Recently, however, we've seen how the courage of one person — to do, in a sense, only what he is expected to do — has lead to outsize consequences on the world stage. In our discussion this week, Nicholas Gruen and I explore the ways in which Volodymyr Zelenskyy has animated the social body through a kind of faith — the faith that all of its parts can rely on one another.

Show notes:

Viral Courage in the Social Body
Show NotesIn this this episode we talked about Agrippa Menenius Lanatus. Having been sent in 494 B.C. to negotiate with the Plebs to return to Rome, he gave the following speech (Liv. 2 32 Benjamin Oliver Foster translation): On being admitted to the camp he is said merely to

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