Arguments Against Socrates Crito
Plato's Crito
Plato's "Crito" is a dialogue between Socrates and one of his closest friends Crito. The entire dialogue takes place in Socrates prison cell, where he awaits execution. Crito visits Socrates before dawn in order to persuade him to escape from prison and flee to another city or country. Crito has made all the necessary arrangements to smuggle Socrates out of prison to safety. To Crito's despair Socrates seems quite willing to accept his execution, and so Crito presents as many arguments as he can to persuade Socrates to escape. Socrates manages through a logical thinking process to demount all of Crito's arguments for escaping the prison.
Crito presents three arguments for why Socrates should escape. The first argument suggest …show more content…
But on the other hand this choice has to be made "on attaining manhood". If the individual decides to stay and live there then he is automatically participating in the law making process and he engages in the "political association" (The Politics). In conclusion he must completely obey any decision the state makes concerning him even if this decision involves his death. He continues and states that if he would escape, the city and its laws could be destroyed. The judicial system would have no more power because the people will stop trusting the system. Chaos would be the imminent outcome. Therefore we get to another minor premise that states that destroying Athens laws will hurt its citizens. Committing an act that could harm other people is against Socrates premise of living well. By harming other people you destroy your own character and conscience. According to Socrates life is not worth living with a ruined conscience the same as it is not worth living "with a body which is worn out and ruined in health"
Plato's "Crito" is a dialogue between Socrates and one of his closest friends Crito. The entire dialogue takes place in Socrates prison cell, where he awaits execution. Crito visits Socrates before dawn in order to persuade him to escape from prison and flee to another city or country. Crito has made all the necessary arrangements to smuggle Socrates out of prison to safety. To Crito's despair Socrates seems quite willing to accept his execution, and so Crito presents as many arguments as he can to persuade Socrates to escape. Socrates manages through a logical thinking process to demount all of Crito's arguments for escaping the prison.
Crito presents three arguments for why Socrates should escape. The first argument suggest …show more content…
But on the other hand this choice has to be made "on attaining manhood". If the individual decides to stay and live there then he is automatically participating in the law making process and he engages in the "political association" (The Politics). In conclusion he must completely obey any decision the state makes concerning him even if this decision involves his death. He continues and states that if he would escape, the city and its laws could be destroyed. The judicial system would have no more power because the people will stop trusting the system. Chaos would be the imminent outcome. Therefore we get to another minor premise that states that destroying Athens laws will hurt its citizens. Committing an act that could harm other people is against Socrates premise of living well. By harming other people you destroy your own character and conscience. According to Socrates life is not worth living with a ruined conscience the same as it is not worth living "with a body which is worn out and ruined in health"