Try to Persuade Socrates Friends to Save Him Against His Will
Try to persuade the Socrates`s friends to save him, against his will.
Socrates Is one of the most colorful figures of the ancient Greek world, who the strangeness of privacy life have always been of special philosophical and political science.
He was convict to death because he does not believe in God and corrupted the youth people to do the same. In Plato`s dialogue Crito, Socrates spent his last time in the prison. Crito is coming to save Socrates and have plans how to make his escape. Socrates discussing with Crito should he escape from prison or not and gives arguments why he needs to stay and waiting for his death. Crito really wants to save his close friend but Socrates explain his wisdom thoughts:
” I am the kind of man who listens to nothing within me but the argument that on reflection seems best to me. I cannot, now that this fate has come upon me, discard the arguments I used; they seem to me much the same. I value and respect the same principles as before, and If we have no better arguments to bring up at this moment, be sure that I shall not agree with you “ (Crito, 46 b,c) - and take a decision – he does not want to be save. Furthermore, Crito shows some of his arguments why Socrates should escape. First, If he dies he will leaves his 3 children and family. Second, If Socrates dies, Crito will lose close friend. Third, If Crito will not save him, this will be a big shame for his reputation . On the one hand, among his friends, because it will seems that Crito did not his best to save him. On the other hand among the people in Athens just because they expect it to happen and the opinion of majority still matter. Therefore, If Crito will not save Socrates, the people will think that he does not want to do it and does not want to spend money for him.
In this arguments, Crito wants to make Socrates to change his opinion and to go out of prison, because, all of his friends are ready to do everything for him:” We
Socrates Is one of the most colorful figures of the ancient Greek world, who the strangeness of privacy life have always been of special philosophical and political science.
He was convict to death because he does not believe in God and corrupted the youth people to do the same. In Plato`s dialogue Crito, Socrates spent his last time in the prison. Crito is coming to save Socrates and have plans how to make his escape. Socrates discussing with Crito should he escape from prison or not and gives arguments why he needs to stay and waiting for his death. Crito really wants to save his close friend but Socrates explain his wisdom thoughts:
” I am the kind of man who listens to nothing within me but the argument that on reflection seems best to me. I cannot, now that this fate has come upon me, discard the arguments I used; they seem to me much the same. I value and respect the same principles as before, and If we have no better arguments to bring up at this moment, be sure that I shall not agree with you “ (Crito, 46 b,c) - and take a decision – he does not want to be save. Furthermore, Crito shows some of his arguments why Socrates should escape. First, If he dies he will leaves his 3 children and family. Second, If Socrates dies, Crito will lose close friend. Third, If Crito will not save him, this will be a big shame for his reputation . On the one hand, among his friends, because it will seems that Crito did not his best to save him. On the other hand among the people in Athens just because they expect it to happen and the opinion of majority still matter. Therefore, If Crito will not save Socrates, the people will think that he does not want to do it and does not want to spend money for him.
In this arguments, Crito wants to make Socrates to change his opinion and to go out of prison, because, all of his friends are ready to do everything for him:” We
Bibliography: Crito in Plato Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, trans. G.M.A Grbe (Hackett Publishing 2002) • Crito in Plato Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, trans. G.M.A Grbe (Hackett Publishing 2002), p.48 • Crito in Plato Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, trans. G.M.A Grbe (Hackett Publishing 2002), p.48 • Crito in Plato Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, trans. G.M.A Grbe (Hackett Publishing 2002), p.51 • Crito in Plato Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, trans. G.M.A Grbe (Hackett Publishing 2002), p.50 • Crito in Plato Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, trans. G.M.A Grbe (Hackett Publishing 2002), p.52 [pic] ----------------------- 4