When Laches revises his definition of courage, Socrates finds the new meaning of courage as endurance of the soul problematic. Socrates in (192c3-d7) argues that Laches does not consider every action of endurance to be courageous. He goes on to say that Laches actually seems to view courage as a good thing. This means that courage is a beautiful thing, good for you. He then prompts Laches to reaffirm that he believes that endurance accompanied by wisdom is a beautiful (beautiful) and noble action. Socrates goes on to argue 3 different problems for this definition of courage, courage is a good thing (192c7) and foolish endurance is not a good thing (192d3). Socrates then comes to the conclusion that courage is not foolish endurance. Not all cases of endurance are courageous. Courage therefore cannot equal endurance. From Socrates' explanations, Laches then refines his meaning again, namely that courage is not only an endurance of the soul but a wise one since courage cannot possess foolish endurance. (192d4) Socrates, throughout his conversations with Laches (192c-d), comes to Laches' conclusion that he believes that to be wise, one must be courageous. At first I found the argument against courage as the endurance of a soul. quite confusing and difficult to distinguish, but the more I look at the problem logically, the more I agree with Socrates. The answer given by Laches, according to which courage is an endurance of the soul, is too broad; the endurance of the soul can be seen in many situations, good or bad. If Laches considers courage as beautiful and noble, or in other words as something good, it would make no sense for a foolish action to be good, which is why Socrates opposes courage as endurance of the soul is justified. Courage...... middle of paper ...... himself is confused and unable to find an exact answer on what courage is. Socrates has contradicted his argument several times and he is unsure which definition of courage is appropriate. I think that's why he's not able to answer, he's no longer sure of the definition himself. This makes the reader think that no one can truly know the true nature of courage. Ultimately, the key question for Laches to ponder is what kind of wisdom, wise, foolish, or anything else, does courage require? The proposed meanings of courage can be justified and unjustified in many ways and it does not appear that Socrates or Laches knows the true meaning of courage at the end of this selected text. It seems that courage is embodied in having knowledge in one way or another, and not really knowledge that can be explained, but something that is experienced because of the meaning that seems so complex..