Crito by Plato

Rhiannon Neufell

PHI 103 - Informal Logic

Instructor Elliot Crozat

May 12, 2014

Crito by Plato

In Crito, by Plato, the reader is invited to understand the arguments and counterarguments employed by Socrates' dear friend Crito while attempting to convince Socrates to escape his death sentence. It is a poignant, and well-reasoned, appeal to emotion, that is rebutted by an equally well-reasoned train of thought on Socrates' part as to why he should not escape.

Crito first argued that if Socrates did not escape, then he would hurt Crito both by making him lose a good friend, and would also ruin Crito's reputation by making people think that it had been possible for him to get Socrates out, but did not because he did not want to spend his money, which would thereby...