The dialogue of The Crito, by Plato, recounts the last days of Socrates, immediately before his execution was going to take place in Athens. In the dialogue, Socrates’ friend, Crito, proposes that Socrates escape from prison. Socrates considers this proposal, trying to decide if escaping would be “just” and “morally” justified. Socrates argues against his escape by relating the regulations of the state to the duties of citizens within the state. Socrates sees his execution …showed first 75 words of 706 total…

…showed last 75 words of 706 total…died unjustly. Socrates demonstrated his true character in The Crito. He calmly and logically offered his own “moral point of view” into his decision to remain in custody, and await his execution. The Crito illustrates the importance of the individual within the state, and despite Crito’s pleas the words of Crito began to fall on deaf ears as Socrates is content to follow the paths in which he feels God has intended for him.