Socrates

main theme of the book of Crito is about whether should Socrates break the law and escape from execution or stay and accept his death penalty. At the very end, Socrates pointed out that trying to escape breaks the law, and any act that breaks the law is unjust . Therefore, Socrates refused to escape and decided to accept his death penalty and execution. Socrates responded each of the three arguments Crito brought out. However, are Socrates’ arguments reasonable and is it always right to obey the…

having different beliefs than theirs and based in Apology and Crito by Plato in this essay I claim that Socrates’ acceptance of death under a failing judicial system is unvirtuous although he tries to picture it as a virtuous and civic act. His aberration for obeying the outcome of his trial becomes pointless because if he wants to be virtuous he must go against the system showing resistance. Socrates has to continue fighting back the unfair system that condemns him and convince others to join…

In 399 B.C. Socrates was condemned to death, for impiety and corrupting the minds of the youth. “The unexamined life is not worth living”, was published in Plato’s “Apology” which contained Socrates last speeches. This Socratic Dialogue is still very relevant to our society today. I believe that Socrates was implying that making choices, and decisions without skepticism and examination of our actions does not result in a fulfilled life. Being able to examine our lives, and our actions can lead…

Question: What problem does Socrates point out with Polemarchus’ claim that justice is doing good to your friends and harm to your enemies? Answer: Socrates points out that our judgment concerning friends and enemies isn't foolproof, and that taking this stance leads us to harm the good and help the bad. Unless we choose our friends according to their virtues and our enemies based upon evil deeds, justice cannot work in this context. Everyone has less than perfect friends, as well as having…

Do you think Socrates did the right thing by allowing himself to be unjustly executed? Socrates had made an intelligent decision by sacrificing himself to protect the “Social contract” between the state and him, rather than escape from prison to break the rules. Use life to exchange for the preservation of his thought Escape from the prison is equivalent to destruct all of his thought and value what he had constructed during his lifetime. Because leaving Athens is kind of actions to contradict…

his dialogues recorded by plato he discusses happiness extensively. Gorgias is an extensive study of virtue,temperance,justice and good vs evil. Towards the end of the dialogue, Socrates begins to speak on the meaning of life saying “Justice and temperance shall be present to him who is to be happy”(Plato 297 508a). Socrates had the idea that pleasure is not what makes us happy but rather, virtue. As he says “the happy are happy by possession of justice and temperance and the wretched are…

to whether Socrates truly means what he says. Even the most casual reader cannot help but smile while Socrates admires the knowledge of a seemingly unintelligent interlocutor. For the purposes of this essay, irony is defined as when a character says or acts knowingly in a way that is incongruous with reality. The question of Socratic irony is fundamentally important while reading Plato. Take for example when Socrates disavows knowledge in the Apology (21d). If one understands Socrates to be…

During the trial, Socrates talks about an older allegation and a more recent accusation made against him. Socrates explains his unpopularity among some segments of the Athenian society is because lately prosecutors claim, “Socrates is a doer of evil, who corrupts the youth; and who does not believe in the gods of the state, but has other new divinities of his own” (Plato 7). His persuasive speaking is what puts forward the whole truth in his defense. For example, Socrates calls attention to…

Apology, and Crito, written by Greek philosopher Plato, Socrates is faced with moral and ethical challenges. In Euthyphro, Socrates attempts to convince Euthyphro that prosecuting his father might be sacrilegious, despite his duty as a citizen to report any crime committed. Socrates questions Euthyphro on what he believes piety to be, as a way for Euthyphro to understand the alternatives to directly turning his father in. This is followed by Socrates trial in the Apology, where he is being…

As Socrates wraps up his speech and the group was applauding him, a noise came from outside and this was Alcibiades. Alcibiades is drunk and everyone there wants Alcibiades to stay after he said he wanted to join. He sits next to Socrates and Agathon on the couch which separates the two of them. Alcibiades then notices Socrates is on the same couch as Agathon, the most beautiful person in the room and Socrates says that Alcibiades is jealous. The conversation then leads to everyone wanting him…