When Laches revises his definition of courage, Socrates finds the new meaning of courage as resistance of the soul problematic. Socrates in (192c3-d7) claims that Laches does not consider every action of resistance courageous. He continues to say that Laches actually seems to consider courage a beautiful thing. It means that courage is a beautiful thing, it's good for yourself. He then gets Laches to reiterate that he believes that resistance accompanied by wisdom is an excellent (beautiful) and noble action. Socrates goes on to argue 3 different problems for that definition of courage: courage is a good thing (192c7) and foolish resistance is no good (192d3). Socrates then comes to the conclusion that courage is not foolish resistance. Not all endurance events are courageous. So courage cannot equal endurance. From Socrates' explanations Laches then refines his meaning again, saying that courage is not only a resistance of the soul but is wise since courage cannot possess foolish resistance. (192d4) Socrates during conversations with Laches (192c-d) comes to the conclusion of Laches, who believes that to be wise one must be courageous. At first I found the argument against courage as a soul's resistance quite confusing and difficult to distinguish, but the more I look at the issue logically I agree with Socrates. Laches's answer, that courage is a resistance of the soul, is too broad; soul resistance can be seen in many situations, both good and bad. If Laches regarded courage as something beautiful and noble, or in other words something good, it would make no sense for a foolish action to be good, so Socrates is justified against courage as resistance of the soul. Courage... half of the paper... he himself is confused and unable to come to an exact answer as to what courage is. Socrates has contradicted his argument several times and does not know what the most suitable definition of courage is. I think this is why he is unable to answer, now he is not sure of the definition himself. It makes the reader think that no one can truly know the true nature of courage. Ultimately, the key question Laches must ponder is what kind of wisdom—wise, foolish, or something entirely different—courage requires. 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 by the end of this selected text. It seems that courage is embodied through having knowledge in some way and not really something that can be explained, but something that is experienced because of the meaning that seems so complex.