The Crito

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The Crito

Out of the many dialogues written by Plato , The Crito is one of the brief dialogues he had written which discussed an essential characteristic of state-society relationship . This dialogue served as a prologue to his greatest work - The Republic - where the covenant of the society with the state is further elaborated . A conversation is narrated between Socrates and his rich friend , Crito . Occurring on the night before Socrates ' execution , Crito sneaked inside the philosopher 's cellar to relate some news and

to convince him to escape . As Crito 's persuasion started , this is followed by a debate where the two friends conveyed their moral differences

After relating the bad news to Socrates about the rumor of the arrival of the ship for his execution , Socrates immediately told Crito about a dream he had which implied a delay for his death . This has been the ignition for their debate where Crito instantly persuaded Socrates to escape . There are three arguments which Crito mentioned for the exile of Socrates . First is regarding Crito 's concern about his reputation as a friend , who will be judged as someone who value his material wealth rather than saving Socrates ' life . Followed by Crito 's argument that if Socrates allowed himself to be executed because of an unjust cause Socrates is tolerating the evil deeds of the enemies and his death will serve as an encouragement for the continuity of evil . Lastly , by choosing not to escape , Socrates is...