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  • Laches

    - Recommended translations:
    • "Laches," trans. J. Nichols, Jr.  in The Roots of Political Philosophy, ed. Thomas L. Pangle (Cornell, 1987).
    • "Laches," trans. R. K. Sprague  in Plato: Complete Works, ed. J. M. Cooper (Hackett, 1997).
    Excerpt: Lysimachus You have seen the performance of the man fighting in armour, Nicias and Laches; but my friend Melesias and I did not tell you at the time our reason for requesting you to come and see it with us. However, we will tell you now; for we think… More

Commentary

  • An Introduction to the Reading of Plato’s Laches

    - Blitz, Mark, "An Introduction to the Reading of Plato's Laches," Interpretation 5, no. 2 (Winter 1975), 185-225.
    Excerpt: Plato’s Laches is a discussion of courage, but the thematic discussion of courage does not begin until the dialogue is half over. It is named after the Athenian general Laches, one of the interlocutors, but why it is named after him and not… More

  • Introduction to the Laches

    - Nichols, James H., "Introduction to the Laches," The Roots of Political Philosophy: Ten Forgotten Socratic Dialogues, ed. Thomas L. Pangle, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987, 269-80.
    Excerpt: The questions concerning the Laches as a whole can hardly fail to strike the reader. Everyone knows that the Laches is about courage: why, then, is fully half of the dialogue devoted to other matters before Socrates clearly formulates the question… More

  • On the Socratic Education: An Introduction to the Shorter Platonic Dialogues

    - Bruell, Christopher, On the Socratic Education: An Introduction to the Shorter Platonic Dialogues, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999.
    Excerpt: Nothing is so well established in our Western democracies today as the right of each to seek happiness in his or her own way. It is as if a pass to that effect had been issued to us at birth. This much is obvious. Less obvious is the fact that… More

  • Plato’s Laches: A Question of Definition

    - Bernadete, Seth, "Plato's Laches: A Question of Definition," The Argument of the Action: Essays on Greek Poetry and Philosophy, ed. Ronna Burger and Michael Davis, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000, 257-76.
    Excerpt: The Laches records the meeting between Socrates and the inglorious sons of Thucycides and Aristides, on the one hand, and, on the other, the now-famous generals Laches and Nicias. They meet sometime after 424 B.C., the battle of Delium, and before… More