Plato's Crito
Title: Plato's Crito
Category: /Social Sciences/Philosophy
Details: Words: 1876 | Pages: 7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Plato's Crito
Category: /Social Sciences/Philosophy
Details: Words: 1876 | Pages: 7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Socrates has thoroughly justified his own decision to obey the opinions of the majority and
serve out the sentence that his own city has deemed appropriate for his crimes. At the beginning
of this piece, Socrates has presented a period of questions and answers through dialogue with
Crito. Throughout the dialogue Socrates is explaining his reasoning for not running from the
government. Crito does not understand the madness of Socrates, Crito will do whatever it
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harmony between what is right and the expression of a persons own
opinions he has made possible the ultimate truth, the belief in what has worked and staying within
the boundaries of decent and god fearing society. The laws of the society in which Socrates lived
condemned him to die for his own conviction and the reasons for Socrates to remain and accept
the punishments of that society have proved to be wise and justified.