CRITO
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In Plato's dialogue, Crito, Socrates is in prison with only a short time to live before he is put to death by the city of Athens. He is visited by his dear friend, Crito, who tries to persuade Socrates to flee from prison while he has the chance. What we have in this dialogue is another wonderful illustration of the Socratic method in action. Socrates is willing to escape, provided that Crito can present him with solid arguments in support of such behavior. After Crito's "arguments" are demonstrated to be inadequate, Socrates comes up with his own series of arguments supporting the idea that he should remain in prison and await his fate.
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