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Monster Essays - Analysis of Crito
Analysis of Crito
The question is raised within the dialogue between Socrates and Crito
concerning civil disobedience. Crito has the desire, the means, and many
compelling reasons with which he tries to convince the condemned to acquiesce in
the plan to avoid his imminent death. Though Crito's temptation is imposing, it
is in accord with reason and fidelity that Socrates chooses to fulfill his
obligation to the state, even to death.
Before addressing Crito's claims which exhort Socrates to leave the
state and avoid immanent death, the condemned lays a solid foundation upon which
he asserts his obligation to....
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