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  2. www.sparknotes.com › philosophy › lachesLaches Section 8: 197c–201c Summary & Analysis | SparkNotes

    Socrates says that Nicias is only talking about one part of courage, not courage as a whole. At this point, Nicias agrees that he will extend his definition of courage to include not just knowledge of future good and evil—the hopeful and fearful—but also to include knowledge of all good and evil without reference to time.

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  3. firstphilosophers.com › nicias-on-courage15.3 Nicias on Courage - The First Philosophers

    Nicias has defined courage as a knowledge of what is to be feared. Fear, by contrast, is “an expectation of a future evil.” [19] But when we are speaking of knowledge proper, we are not speaking just of future events.

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    They invite Nicias to give his definition of bravery. Nicias' definition: bravery is a special kind of knowledge [194d–196c] Nicias then offers another definition. He suggests that courage is "knowledge of what is to be feared and hoped for both in war and in all other matters".

  5. www.sparknotes.com › philosophy › lachesLaches: Full Work Summary | SparkNotes

    Nicias defines courage as a kind of wisdom, or as "knowledge of the grounds for fear and hope." Laches criticizes Nicias, claiming that such a definition includes non-courageous men such as physicians or soothsayers.

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  7. www.sparknotes.com › philosophy › lachesLaches Section 7: 194b–197c Summary & Analysis | SparkNotes

    Nicias wished to define courage as a type of special knowledge or wisdom, not in order to equate it with all knowledge or wisdom. Such misunderstandings are scattered throughout all of Plato's dialogues.

  8. www.sparknotes.com › full-text › laches-or-courageLaches: Laches, or Courage | SparkNotes

    Laches, or Courage. Previous. Laches, or Courage. Persons of the Dialogue: Lysimachus, son of Aristides. Melesias, son of Thucydides. Their sons. Nicias, Laches, Socrates.

  9. www.worldhistory.org › NiciasNicias - World History Encyclopedia

    Apr 12, 2016 · Laches equates courage with perseverance, but this definition is found wanting. Nicias instead argues that courage is "the knowledge of what's threatening and what's reassuring in warfare and in all other situations" (Plato, Laches 194e).

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