Plato's Crito Worksheet
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Worksheet on Plato’s Crito
1. In paragraphs 43-46a, Crito gives Socrates a number of reasons why he should escape. State one of them in your own words. He will be killed un-honorably.
2. Socrates brings up the case of an athlete engaged in professional training. What point do you think Socrates is trying to make here? Although he was an awful wrestler, anything is possible even if one is destined for failure. There just may be a positive ending to his going away.
3. Socrates says “As we have agreed so far, we must examine next whether it is just for me to try to get out of here when Athenians have not acquitted me.” In the exchanges following this statement, he obtains Crito’s
Worksheet on Plato’s Crito
1. In paragraphs 43-46a, Crito gives Socrates a number of reasons why he should escape. State one of them in your own words. He will be killed un-honorably.
2. Socrates brings up the case of an athlete engaged in professional training. What point do you think Socrates is trying to make here? Although he was an awful wrestler, anything is possible even if one is destined for failure. There just may be a positive ending to his going away.
3. Socrates says “As we have agreed so far, we must examine next whether it is just for me to try to get out of here when Athenians have not acquitted me.” In the exchanges following this statement, he obtains Crito’s