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Euthyphro, Apology, Crito
Written by Plato
Publisher The Library of Liberal Arts/The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Published 1956
en
Pages 84
Socrates has been accused of impiety, and the first dialogue contains his discussion with Euthypro on the nature of piety and impiety. Since Euthypro is on his way to accuse his father of this crime, it is particularly relevant. The discussion highlights the subjective nature of this accusation, because Euthyphro is never able to give Socrates an adequate definition of (im)piety. In The Apology, Socrates stands before his accusers. Their accusations become a platform as much for him to examine their lives as for them to examine his. At one point, Socrates says, "Wherever a man's station is, whether he has chosen it of his own free will, or whether he has been placed at it by his commander, there it is his duty to remain and face the danger without thinking of death or of any other thing except disgrace." This is what Socrates does, though all those around him are losing their heads. After his inevitable sentencing, Crito comes to Socrates' cell, hoping to urge him to escape. Socrates convinces Cato that he, Socrates, should go to his death, in part because it would violate his philosophy of not just living, but living well, to do otherwise. Socrates would rather die than relinquish his philosophy of right thinking.
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