Plato on floundering in a sea of words

Welcome to Practical Wisdom, a weekly podcast about ancient Greco-Roman philosophy. I am your host, Massimo Pigliucci.

We are back to Plato, and specifically the Laches, one of his early dialogues. The topic, you may remember from episode 29, is the concept of courage. Socrates and two generals, Laches and Nicias, are trying to arrive at a good definition of what courage consists of.

We resume at the point where Laches makes a new suggestion, that courage is endurance accompanied by wisdom. Let’s ...