Socrates Reaction To Crito

Socrates, a Greek philosopher, from the city of Athens has been accused of corrupting the youth and of godlessness. Whereas a result of Socrates is incarcerated where he awaits for his execution. In the “Crito” Socrates is visited in jail by his good friend Crito. Crito believes that Socrates has been wronged by the city of Athens; he urges Socrates to escape. However, Socrates does not agree with Crito and does not wish to escape. Socrates puts forth the argument if he does escape then he will destroy the city which in turn will harm others and he believes that one should not mistreat people therefore Socrates will not escape. The premises for his argument include that doing wrong is not only causing harm to the person which who it is intended for but as well as the person which commits the wrong. Socrates utilizes this to make the point that one should never cause harm. He explains that he has made an agreement with the courts and has chosen to fulfill for if he does not comply with it he will harm the city. By …show more content…
Socrates concludes that by leaving the city he will destroy the city, however can one person destroy an entire city? Suppose he escapes and the city decides not to look for him for he is not of any danger. The city will not be in chaos for they will not invest anytime in finding him therefore no harm has been to the city and in turn none has been done to the people. There seems to not be a logical conclusion for Socrates argument for he is going to do more damage to those he loves than to the city. This example makes the conclusion false, but the premise is still true yes he will break his agreement however the end result will not be that he has destroyed the city. He will not hurt anybody but himself in the end. There is no logical explanation in how only one person can damage a whole city; Socrates is