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Laches

Plato

Two fathers ask the generals Laches and Nicias whether their sons should learn to fight in armour. The conversation turns to what courage is: endurance of soul, knowledge of what is to be feared and dared… no definition holds and all admit they still need to learn. A pure example of the aporetic dialogue.

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English

Translated by Benjamin Jowett · 10 chapters · 1 h reading

  1. 1INTRODUCTION.9′
  2. 2PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: · 113′
  3. 3PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: · 210′
  4. 4PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: · 33′
  5. 5PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: · 43′
  6. 6PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: · 52′
  7. 7PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: · 62′
  8. 8PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: · 75′
  9. 9PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: · 83′
  10. 10PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: · 93′

Spanish

Translated by Patricio de Azcárate · 9 chapters · 1 h reading

  1. 1 · 113′
  2. 2 · 210′
  3. 3 · 33′
  4. 4 · 43′
  5. 5 · 52′
  6. 6 · 62′
  7. 7 · 75′
  8. 8 · 84′
  9. 9 · 93′
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