“But,
oh! My beloved Socrates, let me entreat you once more to take my advice and
escape. For if you die I shall not only lose a friend who can never be
replaced, but there is another evil (43).” Crito wanted Socrates to escape from
the bondage that in his opinion was not fair. Socrates probably had many
friends who wanted Socrates to escape and were willing to pay money for his
release from jail. Then Socrates responds with “I am certain not to agree with
you; no, not even if the power of the multitude could inflict many more
imprisonments, confiscations, deaths, frightening us like children with
hobgoblin terrors (45).” Socrates want to accept his punishment in accordance
to the state and their laws. If he did run away he would probably be subject to
more time in jail due to his radical ideas.
2
“Are
we to say that we never intentionally to do wrong, or that in one way we ought
and in another way we ought not to do wrong, or is doing wrong always evil and
dishonorable (49).” This connects to the Law and Justice packet because it
talked about how Martin Luther King Jr. and how he believed that the current
laws were not just but still accepted his punishment for breaking them. This is
very similar to how Socrates is dealing with breaking his laws. He thought he
was doing right by teaching the younger generation with his ideas and values
while the material and ideas that he was teaching was banned by the state and
therefore breaking the law.
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