Crito is of the opinion that
it would not be wrong for Socrates to escape because he has been imprisoned unjustly
. Socrates does not agree with him and, accordingly, sets forth his reasons for holding that one is obliged to submit to the punishment imposed on him, even though the punishment may be an unjust one.
What argument does Crito give Socrates sons?
What argument does Crito give regarding Socrate’s sons?
Socrates’ sons won’t be raised and educated by their father leaving them as orphans
. What is Socrates’ principle about not wronging or mistreating others? Never do wrong or mistreat others if mistreated.
What are Crito’s main arguments in favor of Socrates escape?
One of Crito’s strongest arguments in favor of escape comes at 45c, where Crito suggests that
Socrates would be abetting the wrong-doing of his enemies in following through with their wishes
. Socrates’ reply to this argument is that he would in fact be harming the Laws, which are just.
What is the Crito dialogue about?
In Crito, Socrates believes injustice may not be answered with injustice, personifies the Laws of Athens to prove this, and refuses Crito’s offer to finance his escape from prison. The dialogue contains
an ancient statement of the social contract theory of government
.
Is Crito Socrates friend?
An old friend of Socrates
, about his age. Like many of Plato’s dialogues, the Crito takes its name from Socrates’ primary interlocutor. Crito is a long-time follower of Socrates, and is deeply distraught at the prospect of Socrates’ impending execution.
Did Socrates learn to read and write at an early age?
As a young man Socrates was given an education appropriate for a person of his station.
By the middle of the 5
th
century B.C.E.
, all Athenian males were taught to read and write.
What does Socrates say about his children in crito?
In his third argument Crito mentions Socrates’ responsibility to his children.
As their father, it is Socrates’ responsibility to see that his children are brought up well and educated, and he cannot do this if he is dead
. Crito appeals to what is important to Socrates.
Who said the quote An unexamined life is not worth living?
“An unexamined life is not worth living” –
Socrates
.
What is the main point of crito?
Socrates tries to use REASON (rather than the values embedded in his culture) to determine whether an action is right or wrong. The dialogue called the “Crito” contains an image of Socrates
trying to adopt
what could be called THE MORAL POINT OF VIEW (as opposed to the point of view of one’s religion or society).
Does Socrates agree with crito?
Crito is of the opinion that it would not be wrong for Socrates to escape because he has been imprisoned unjustly.
Socrates does not agree with him
and, accordingly, sets forth his reasons for holding that one is obliged to submit to the punishment imposed on him, even though the punishment may be an unjust one.
What does Socrates say about public opinion?
Socrates, on the other hand, insists
that the truth is fully independent from public opinion
. For this reason, there’s no reason to worry about how others perceive one’s actions, so long as they’re undertaken in accordance with the greater good.
How does Socrates respond to crito?
Socrates disagrees with Crito
, suggesting that it is a great shame that the public does not have an unlimited capacity for doing harm, since they would then also have an unlimited capacity for doing good.
Who is Critobulus?
Critobulus (Κριτόβουλος) (469-? BC) =
a childhood friend of Socrates and a lifelong member of his “inner circle
”; regarded by later historians as “licentious and extravagant” (469-? BC); (= Crito of Alopece [Κρίτων Άλωπεκῆθεν], not to be confused with all sorts of other people named Crito, including his father.)
Who were Socrates friends?
Socrates did not document his teachings. All we know of him comes from the accounts of others: mainly
the philosopher Plato and the historian Xenophon
, who were both his pupils, the Athenian comic dramatist Aristophanes (Socrates’s contemporary), and Plato’s pupil Aristotle, who was born after Socrates’s death.
What does Socrates say about virtue?
Based upon first-hand knowledge of the Greek texts, my thesis is as follows: man’s virtue, according to Socrates, is
wisdom (skill or knowledge-how) to act effectively or correctly in a given situ- ation, grounded in and based upon absolutely certain knowledge
(intellec- tual knowledge-that) .
What two things are lost to Socrates books?
How do you think it comes about? SOCRATES: It is
a discourse that is written down, with knowledge, in the soul of the listener; it can defend itself, and it knows for whom it should speak and for whom it should remain silent
. Plato. c.
