Laches
Translated by Benjamin Jowett
60 min
11,988 words
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Two fathers ask the famous generals Laches and Nicias whether they should have their sons trained in armed combat. The question slides, in classic Socratic fashion, from a practical concern into a fundamental one: what is courage? Neither general can produce a definition that holds. An early, compact dialogue showing Plato's method at its sharpest.
