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Read Ch. 10 in iBook-Plato’s Crito

Answer the following questions:in apa style and it should be one page at l

With what reasons does Crito try to persuade Socrates to escape? (43a-46a) Which of these are the best in your opinion? Why?

“The most important thing is not life, but the good life.” (48b) What do you think Socrates means by ‘the good life’? Would you agree that it is better to die than to live badly? Can you give any examples of circumstances for either position?

Socrates says that one should never inflict wrong on another, even when one has been wronged oneself. (49b-e) What do you think about this?

Note: the parenthetical references are for the classic pagination/line references

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Crito tries to persuade Socrates to escape from prison initially because he feared that the people would condemn him as he had refused to help Socrates. He told him that if he refused to flee, he would be like a father who was abandoning his children and disappointing his friends and followers.

(434 words)