# Laches

- Identifiant : `plato.laches`
- Auteur : Plato
- URL canonique : https://prokopton42.com/en/works/plato/laches/
- Empreinte : `f1fff4067af3264549fc3e1135686d2b977ba11f2719850b0da219286fa8a025`

## What you will learn

Compare endurance with knowledge of danger, understand why military expertise alone does not define courage, and follow aporia’s educational function.

## Summary

The generals’ military experience first seems to grant authority, but disagreement shows that professional example is insufficient. Laches identifies courage with endurance, while Nicias calls it knowledge of what should be feared or hoped.

Each definition expands or breaks under cases beyond battle. Aporia does not cancel the educational project: the adults acknowledge their need to learn. The dialogue joins intellectual courage, collective examination, and responsibility toward the next generation.