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Full Idea
To be unafraid (like a small child who doesn't understand the danger) and to be brave are two quite different things.
Gist of Idea
Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things
Source
Plato (Laches [c.381 BCE], 197b)
Book Ref
Plato: 'Early Socratic Dialogues', ed/tr. Saunders,Trevor J [Penguin 1987], p.109
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |