Open AccessLance Armstrong as Teacher
Author(s) -
Finn Janning
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nova journal of humanities and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2292-7913
DOI - 10.20286/nova-jhss-050102
Subject(s) - character (mathematics) , sentence , athletes , history , psychology , literature , law , philosophy , art , political science , linguistics , mathematics , medicine , geometry , physical therapy
The American cyclist Lance Armstrong, I propose, overcame a threatening death sentence through his strength of will, not necessarily his strength of character the latter idealized by Aristotle (2004) in his Ethics. It was Armstrong’s will to survive that made him one of the most celebrated and loved athletes in recent times. He won the Tour de France seven times. He became the achiever per se in today’s achievement society that was already emerging in 90’s.