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Plato the Laches

Could someone please explain to me why Socrates objections to the suggestion that courage,justice and temperance are fundamentally the same thing, when in other dialogues he seems to favor this view?
Question asked by: bellaleo

Asked on: 04 May 2010

Because it is possible to hold one of them without holding the others, which suggests that they are different.

For instance someone could have great courage and do lots of really brave things, but that does not mean they are also just.

So they could fight lots of people really bravely and risk their own life, but then perhaps they could agree with killing someone without any sort of trial, which is unjust.

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Replied at: 10 May 2010
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