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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'plays (frags)' and 'Laches'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

291	Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato]
	Full Idea: Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age.
	From: Plato (Laches [c.381 BCE], 188b)
	A reaction: I have taught teenagers who seemed to me wiser than nearly all the adults I have ever met.

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 2. Necessity as Primitive

74	Even God could not undo what has been done [Agathon]
	Full Idea: One thing is denied even to God: to make what has been done undone again.
	From: Agathon (plays (frags) [c.410 BCE]), quoted by Aristotle - Nicomachean Ethics 1139b09
	A reaction: a quotation - cf the Euthyphro Question

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]
	Full Idea: In singing and playing the lyre, a boy will be likely to reveal not only courage and moderation, but also justice.
	From: Damon (fragments/reports [c.460 BCE], B4), quoted by (who?) - where?

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage

293	Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato]
	Full Idea: To be unafraid (like a small child who doesn't understand the danger) and to be brave are two quite different things.
	From: Plato (Laches [c.381 BCE], 197b)