Socrates Vs Crito

In the Crito, Socrates believes that breaking the laws of the city harms all of society. The consequences of escaping the city outweigh the benefits for it puts his family, his friends, and himself in danger. He believes in a personal morality that one must live a good and just life, and not just any life. If Socrates breaks the law then he would not be acting justly,

Socrates adjusts these theories to the option to escape from his captors and abandon their conclusion on his future. Crito begins to understand Socrates view in his suggestion. "the only valid consideration is whether we should be acting rightly in giving with the escape, or whether in truth we shall do wrong in doing all this." (49c) Socrates concludes that if he followed Crito's advice he would be committing several dishonest actions against his own society that were

Crito is about a meeting between Socrates, who is in exile and about to be executed, and Crito, who is a friend of Socrates and wants to assist in Socrates’ escape. Crito wants to help Socrates escape because he feels Socrates is being done wrong and he doesn’t want to lose a close friend of his. Socrates thinks oppositely of Crito and believes that escaping from jail is doing wrong to the city and that he doesn’t want to repay wrong with wrong.

The setting in which this dialogue took place was a prison cell. Since the very first line of this dialogue, I felt as though Socrates wasn’t too happy to see Crito. Socrates greets him with “why have you come” instead of a warm welcoming. Initially, I thought Socrates’ reaction was ironic because Crito was there to help him. Their entire dialogue is structured around Critos’ desire to break Socrates out of prison and free him from being exiled. As the completion of the dialogue draws closer and closer, I begin to understand Socrates’ logic. He feels that breaking him out of prison would cause him more harm than good.

The dialogue Crito takes place in the prison cell of Socrates. It is the middle of the night, and Socrates is in his cell preparing to be executed. Crito, who is Socrates’ friend, comes to the prison to try and convince Socrates to escape his prison cell. Crito explains that he will help Socrates escape, and he will take him somewhere in exile to live out the rest of his days (Crito 25). Crito and Socrates present several arguments as to why Socrates should escape, for Crito, and why he should not escape, for Socrates.

His statement clarifies his reasons for not escaping death. Therefore, Socrates was not clearly right in escaping and would have violated his principles.

Crito believes that Socrates is acting unjustly by staying in prison. Deciding to stay in prison, Socrates letting his enemies treat him the way they want to and by doing so

In the Crito, Socrates is approached by his life-long friend Crito while in prison awaiting execution. Crito used many different ways to attempt to persuade Socrates to escape. The best argument Crito uses is that he says Socrates would be betraying his children if he were to stay in prison. He says that Socrates should bring them up and educate them, not leave them. Socrates, contrary to what Crito says, feels that he has an implied contract with the State. He believes that his family staying in Athens and raising him there was the greatest compliment they could have given him, so he feels that he owes it to the State to accept its laws and to remain a willing partner to the State. Socrates’ feelings were summed up on page 64 when he says:

Before dawn, Socrates is visited by his old friend Crito, who made arrangements to sneak Socrates out of prison to the safety. Crito presents as many arguments as he can in order to persuade Socrates to escape, Socrates seems quite willing to await his execution . The Death of Socrates will look bad on his friends because people will think no one did anything to try to save him. His friends are willing to pay, and they also will try to find Socrates a comfortable life in exile so Socrates should not worry about the financial cost to his friends On a ethical level, Crito says two more arguments: first, if he stayed, he would be aiding his enemies in wronging him unjustly, and would be acting unjustly to himself; and second, that he would be leaving his kids with no father by just abandoning

In Plato’s Crito, Socrates commits philosophical suicide by appealing to the gods through the Laws of the state. After Socrates conviction in the Apology, he was sentenced to death. While waiting for his execution, one of his friends bribes the guard and attempts to entice Socrates to escaping and living good in exile. Socrates claims that there is a right way of living that the god’s demand and “it is never Right to do Wrong. Therefore, it is not right to do wrong even when one is wronged (it is not right to injure even when one has been injured).” Socrates uses this argument to deny Crito and to follow the

Crito gives Socrates six reasons why he should escape and, three reason why he would not have to worry about escaping. Crito tells Socrates if he does not try to escape he’ll be deprived of a unique friend (Crito 44b). Then he tells Socrates that if he does not come back he will get the worst reputation (Crito 44c). Also he tells Socrates that it is unjust to give up a salvageable life and that he

In Plato’s Five Dialogues Crito had planned Socrates escape from jail and all he had left to do was convince Socrates to go with

In The Crito by Socrates, both Crito and Socrates present arguments, one that Socrates should escape prison, and one that he should not. Crito’s argument contains logic fallacies that undermine his argument and make it weak. Therefore, Socrates argument that he should remain in prison and face his death is valid and strong, and is better than Crito’s.

Unfortunately, Socrates was not elated with having any type of freedom or escape from his prison cell. Consequently, Socrates argued with Crito why he should continue with his confinement, and why he should go through with the execution. Crito and Socrates established an enriched dialogue which was shaped by their lifetime experiences, and what they believed in as mature and wise adults. They were really three (3) primary arguments that Crito set forth in order to convince Socrates to put aside his moral conventions and escape from his prison room immediately. Fortunately, Socrates was equal in his arguments which were formed from his moral convictions and

In the text, Socrates in rebuttal to Crito’s first and second argument, he explains that the opinion of an expert is much relevant than listening to the opinion of the majority. In “Crito”, Socrates explains that if we listen to the majority, “we could harm our souls, the part of us that is mutilated by wrong actions and benefited by right ones” (“Plato”). Take for example- a college student taking a course for his future job. If you had a difficult problem to solve, who would you trust more: a group of peers or a professor? Generally, the student will listen to the professor, not the group because a professor has the qualities and qualifications that makes them credible. In addition, I think it is reasonable to explain how Crito is being selfish. Crito is only talking about himself and not how he can positively impact Socrates by convincing him to escape besides giving him more than one valuable argument as to why he should escape prison. Lastly, Crito’s most effective argument regarding his sons fails to persuade because there are scenarios where escaping can affect his sons in a negative way. For example, Socrates could ruin the lives of his sons in terms of reputation and harm because now they would be known as “the son of a destroyer of the law.”