Laches
Laches
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SOCRATES: And is anything noble which is evil and hurtful?
LACHES: I ought not to say that, Socrates.
SOCRATES: Then you would not admit that sort of endurance to becourage--for it is not noble, but courage is noble?
LACHES: You are right.
SOCRATES: Then, according to you, only the wise endurance is courage?
LACHES: True.
SOCRATES: But as to the epithet 'wise, '--wise in what? In all thingssmall as well as great? For example, if a man shows the quality ofendurance in spending his money wisely, ...knowing that by spending he willacquire more in the end, do you call him courageous?
LACHES: Assuredly not.
SOCRATES: Or, for example, if a man is a physician, and his son, or somepatient of his, has inflammation of the lungs, and begs that he may beallowed to eat or drink something, and the other is firm and refuses; isthat courage?
LACHES: No; that is not courage at all, any more than the last.
SOCRATES: Again, take the case of one who endures in war, and is willingto fight, and wisely calculates and knows that others will help him, and that there will be fewer and inferior men against him than there arewith him; and suppose that he has also advantages of position; would yousay of such a one who endures with all this wisdom and preparation, that he, or some man in the opposing army who is in the oppositecircumstances to these and yet endures and remains at his post, is thebraver?
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
SOCRATES: And is anything noble which is evil and hurtful?
LACHES: I ought not to say that, Socrates.
SOCRATES: Then you would not admit that sort of endurance to becourage--for it is not noble, but courage is noble?
LACHES: You are right.
SOCRATES: Then, according to you, only the wise endurance is courage?
LACHES: True.
SOCRATES: But as to the epithet 'wise, '--wise in what? In all thingssmall as well as great? For example, if a man shows the quality ofendurance in spending his money wisely, ...knowing that by spending he willacquire more in the end, do you call him courageous?
LACHES: Assuredly not.
SOCRATES: Or, for example, if a man is a physician, and his son, or somepatient of his, has inflammation of the lungs, and begs that he may beallowed to eat or drink something, and the other is firm and refuses; isthat courage?
LACHES: No; that is not courage at all, any more than the last.
SOCRATES: Again, take the case of one who endures in war, and is willingto fight, and wisely calculates and knows that others will help him, and that there will be fewer and inferior men against him than there arewith him; and suppose that he has also advantages of position; would yousay of such a one who endures with all this wisdom and preparation, that he, or some man in the opposing army who is in the oppositecircumstances to these and yet endures and remains at his post, is thebraver?
What to read after Laches?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Plato to read onlineMoreLess
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