Intellectual Courage

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Chapter one deals with intellectual courage. Dow explains this by saying “those who are intellectually courageous earnestly want to know the truth, and so they take risks in the pursuit and promotion of the truth” (Dow.28). These people who have intellectual courage are willing to reconsider their own beliefs but will come back to what is true to them and stick to it. Dow use Martin Luther as someone who stuck with his truth and did not let fear tump over him. The chapter ends by telling us that in order to win a war multiple courageous decisions need to be made and not just one.
Chapter two uses the example of the Mariner 1 crash as a way to explain intellectual carelessness and carefulness. We learn that those who are intellectual careful
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This virtue is intellectual humility which simply means to attempt to see ourselves as who we really are. These people have an “honest appraisal of the capacities and limitations of our minds against the standard of an all-knowing indefinitely intelligent and always true God”(Dow 71). Intellectual humble people value truth over their egos’ need to be right and they become free to admit their limitations. They also are able to understand the world in a way that arrogant people are incapable of doing.
Chapter eight talks about the benefits of more about more. A person with intellectual character will have an increase in knowledge, which when used morally, will produce positive changes in their lives. Another benefit of knowing more is that it will lead a person to have more insight and creative solutions to problems. In the long run, when a person who knows more and gives trustworthy advice then more people will respect you and this will lead to a more rich and satisfying
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Step one is to keep our eye on the prize. Step two is for us to cultivate a love for truth. Step three is to us to honestly evaluate our own thinking habits. Step four is about us acknowledging our need for personal change and to create a plan for us to change. Step five is for us to map out our time and use it wisely. Step six is about holding ourselves accountable. Step seven is about our need to spread the word to others. Step eight is for us to find our heroes in order to have role models. Step nine is about acting out in order to change ourselves. Step ten talks about if just start small then it will build up and make a big

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