Socrates on the Life of Philosophical Inquiry: A Companion to Plato's Laches

Acknowledgements.- Abbreviations and conventions,- Introduction,- Chapter 1: The preamble (178a1-181d7).- Chapter 2: Nicias' and Laches' speeches on 'fighting in armor' (hoplomachia) (181d8-184d4).- Chapter 3: Socrates' proposed methodology (184d5-187b7).- Chapter 4: Nicias and Laches give their consent to Socrates' cross-questioning (187b8-189d3).- Chapter 5: Socrates initiates the dialectic discussion (189d4-190e3).- Chapter 6: Laches' first definition of andreia (190e4-192b8).- Chapter 7: Laches' second definition of andreia (192b9-194b7).- Chapter 8: Invitation of Nicias to the discussion (194b8-194e10).- Chapter 9: Nicias' definition of andreia and its elenchus led by Laches (194e11-196b7).- Chapter 10: Socrates' first examination of Nicias' definition, after Laches steps back (196c1-197e5).- Chapter 11: Socrates' refutation of Nicias' definition (197e6-200a3).- Chapter 12: The end of the dialogue (200a4-201c5).- Conclusion.- General Index.