Crito

their thoughts about themselves aside and to act in a way that betters the whole (group, city, population). A just person is also willing to stand for what is right no matter the odds or number of people against them. When Socrates and Crito are arguing in the Crito, Crito shows concern for the “public opinion”. Socrates goes on to argue…

Throughout the Crito, the discussion on whether Socrates’ should accept his death penalty and stay in jail occurs. During the discussion between Crito and Socrates, Socrates presents moral arguments for why he believes that he should remain in Athens. In this paper I will be evaluating Socrates’ arguments for staying in prison and accepting his death sentence. Through doing this, I will be demonstrating how his argument is sound, while still considering possible weaknesses, and areas for…

your skin. However, you decide to remain seated, adhering to your belief in equality for all. You do this despite knowing the consequences that may follow, such as prison. In this case is one doing wrong in standing up for their beliefs? In Plato’s Crito and Sophocles’s Antigone, both characters, Socrates and Antigone, face a difficult decision: whether or not to follow their notions. Socrates has the opportunity to escape prison, but he prefers death because he thinks it's immoral of him to…

To Late to Apologize In Apology and Crito, Plato portrays Socrates as a man who cared deeply for his city, and never compromised his integrity not even in the face of death. Socrates is a hero who believed that philosophy upheld the integrity of the city, and used it to fight the growing greed, ignorance, and corruption he saw in Athens. Socrates noticed the growing focus on wealth in Athens. He saw that people were eager “ to possess as much wealth …as possible, while you do not care for nor…

Plato’s dialogue “Crito” starts off with Socrates being visited in his jail cell by a long time friend, Crito. Socrates is in jail because he was sentenced to death for a few reasons. One include engaging in inquiries into things beneath the Earth and in the heavens, and of making the weaker argument appear stronger and teaching it to others. They were accusing him of being sophist, in other words, a teacher of the higher. For these charges he was sentenced to death, but had a chance to rebuttal…

of the threat he was becoming to the leaders. It was a difficult decision for Socrates friends and family to accept his prosecution but according to Crito, one of Socrates friends, he decided to persuade him to escape and avoid death. Crito is not just a friend but also a long-time follower and will make any sacrifice to save Socrates life. Crito gives as many arguments as he can to persuade Socrates to escaping as a result, Socrates gives counter…

The Crito by Plato is premised with Socrates in his prison cell and awaiting his execution. Socrates’ friend Crito then comes and tries to convince him to escape his cell. Socrates and Crito discuss and argue about whether Socrates should escape prison or not. In their dialogue, the topic about laws emerge. Socrates states, “by giving every Athenian the opportunity, once arrived at voting age and having observed the affairs of the city and us the laws...he can take his possessions and go…

Socrates and Plato in The Five Dialogues to find an answer to this dilemma. The book of Crito portrays the scene of Socrates in his jail cell awaiting execution being approached by an old friend, Crito, a philosopher and nobleman with sufficient funds to help Socrates escape from his prison cell. Crito attempts to convince Socrates to escape through a couple different arguments. The first argument that Crito presents is his reputation argument in which he states, “Surely there can be no worse…

In Plato’s three works Crito, Apology, and Euthyphro, Socrates’ conception of virtue and pursuit of knowledge about virtue, leads him to question and in some cases reject the ideas of others. Examples that show this are: Socrates discussion with Crito, his questioning of Meletus in the Apology, his speech to the jury before and after his conviction, and in his discussion with Euthyphro about what is pious. The teachings of these three works seem to go hand and hand with one another, with the…

Within Plato’s Crito, there is dialogue between Socrates and his long-time friend Crito regarding the nature of justice and how one should act in the face of injustice. Crito offers to help Socrates escape prison to evade execution, yet Socrates argues it is wrong for him to escape in response to the injustice he has been dealt. Dealing with the relationship between an individual and a state’s laws, this dialogue is the foundation for inquiry into arguments for being a law-abiding citizen,…