Plato, Laches, section 193c

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[193c]

Socrates
And he who endures with a skill in slinging or shooting or other such art.

Laches
To be sure.

Socrates
And anyone who agrees to descend into a well, and to dive, and to endure in this or other such action, without being an adept in these things, you would say is more courageous than the adepts.

Laches
Yes, for what else can one say, Socrates?

Socrates
Nothing, provided one thinks so.

Laches
But I do think it.

Socrates
And you observe, I suppose, Laches, that persons of this sort are more foolish in their risks and endurances than those who do it with proper skill.

Laches
Evidently.

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 8 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1955.

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