Study Questions for
Plato's
Crito
1. Why is Socrates in jail so long (about
a month)?
2. What are some of the reasons Crito gives
Socrates for why it would be right for him to break jail and leave?
3. Can the many hurt you? Why does Crito think
so? Why does Socrates think not?
4. Socrates thinks it would be wrong to escape.
Why?
5. Socrates imagines that the laws come to
him, as if they were persons, and speak to him. What do the laws say to
Socrates when they come speak to him?
6. Do you agree that Socrates had made a contract
with Athens? Why or why not?
7. Do you feel that you have a contract with
your home-country? What would the terms of that contract be?
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