Socrates and Crito

The dialogue Crito, by Plato, describes one of Socrates’ devoted friends and believer of his teachings that presents a coerce and powerful argument and debate whether or not Socrates should escape prison, and save his life. Although Crito’s argument doesn’t convince Socrates that he should escape from prison, Socrates concludes and considers this action to be unjust. Like a true man, Socrates accepts his execution, which is very rare that anyone would do this. Escaping from prison would be against the law and would make him an enemy of the state.
Crito’s opinion is that it would not be wrong for him to escape because he has not been imprisoned justly. Socrates fully believes that one should obey and follow a state’s imposition upon him/her, even though that which is being imposed may be unjust. Crito points out that if Socrates doesn’t follow the plan, many people would assume that his friends didn’t care about him, and didn’t bother helping him escape. Socra...