Platonic dialogue concerning justice and injustice
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Beginning of Crito in the Codex Oxoniensis Clarkianus 39 of the Bodleian library (dating from around 895).
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Crito (/ˈkraɪtoʊ/KRY-toh or /ˈkriːtoʊ/KREE-toh; Ancient Greek: Κρίτων[krítɔːn]) is a dialogue that was written by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. It depicts a conversation between Socrates and his wealthy friend Crito of Alopece regarding justice (δικαιοσύνη), injustice (ἀδικία), and the appropriate response to injustice after Socrates's imprisonment, which is chronicled in the Apology.
In Crito, Socrates believes injustice may not be answered with injustice, personifies the Laws of Athens to prove this, and refuses Crito's offer to finance his escape from prison. The dialogue contains an ancient statement of the social contract theory of government. In contemporary discussions, the meaning of Crito is debated to determine whether it is a plea for unconditional obedience to the laws of a society. The text is one of the few Platonic dialogues that appear to be unaffected by Plato's opinions on the matter; it is dated to have been written around the same time as the Apology.
Crito (/ˈkraɪtoʊ/ KRY-toh or /ˈkriːtoʊ/ KREE-toh; Ancient Greek: Κρίτων [krítɔːn]) is a dialogue that was written by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato...
philosopher's final days, which is also detailed in Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito. In the painting, an elderly Socrates is dressed in a white robe and sits...
Euthyprho, Apology of Socrates, and Crito. pp. 16–17, Burnet, Plato's Euthyprho, Apology of Socrates, and Crito; pp. 99–100, M. Joyal, "To Daimonion...
fulfilling any useful purpose. Greek text at Perseus Plato: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus. Greek with translation by Harold N. Fowler. Loeb Classical...
Socrates were Aeschines of Sphettus, Antisthenes, Aristippus, Bryson, Cebes, Crito, Euclid of Megara, Phaedo and Aristotle, all of whom wrote after Socrates's...
corrupted by unjust actions. This view is confirmed in the Crito, where Socrates gets Crito to agree that the perfection of the soul, virtue, is the most...
order to discourage them from seeking reform. In the Socratic dialogue Crito, Crito of Alopece learns from Socrates the importance in civic education of...
detail the philosopher's final days, following Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito. One of the main themes in the Phaedo is the idea that the soul is immortal...
his punishment, as he found it morally wrong to evade his punishment. In Crito, Socrates describes the struggle man has with the rule of law and the connection...
(Dialogues of Plato)". In Charles W. Eliot (ed.). The Apology, Phædo and Crito of Plato – The Golden Sayings of Epictetus – The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius...
Criton of Heraclea (Greek: Κρίτων, Latin: Titus Statilius Crito) was a 2nd-century (c. 100 AD) Greek chief physician and procurator of Roman Emperor Trajan...
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Theatre Company in Washington, DC (February 7 – March 18, 2017). and as Crito and the poet Mellitus in "Socrates" at The Public Theater, New York, NY...
Heaven. (From Euripides' Fragments, 965) Crito, if it thus pleases the gods, thus let it be. (From Plato's Crito) Anytus and Meletus may indeed kill me...
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argument that a just person would not harm anyone. In Plato's earlier work Crito Socrates asserts that it is not moral to return evil with further evil,...
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reigned as king after the Trojan War). Phthia is referenced in Plato's Crito, where Socrates, in jail and awaiting his execution, relates a dream he...
Plato to record the defence speech Socrates gave at his trial; and Plato's Crito and Phaedo, two dialogues describing the events leading to Socrates’ execution...
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