Laches by Plato
On Courage
Socrates engages two Athenian generals and others in a brief dialogue prompted by how best to educate young men about courage; through probing questions he tests several proposed definitions—courage as standing firm in battle, as endurance, or as a kind of knowledge—and reveals problems with each account, ultimately leaving the question unresolved and highlighting the value of critical inquiry and recognizing one’s own ignorance when dealing with moral concepts.
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