Search 101,000 Essays
|
Have us write a custom essay for you!
|
Wordcount: 1177
|
On Plato
|
In Crito, Plato asserts that Socrates should “submit to [his country], . . . and . . . quietly accept” the death sentence he’s faced with (45.51b-c). Plato contends that a country is more valuable, respectable and reverend, and important than the citizens who constitute it. Furthermore, he argues, since any adult Athenian citizen “may take what is his, and go wherever he pleases” if he is dissatisfied with the city, those who do stay “have now entered into a formal agreement . . . to do what [the laws] tell [them]” (46.51d). This viewpoint leads him to embrace a totalitarian philosophy of government.
The personified laws and state of Athens ask Socrates, “Is your wisdom such as not to realize that your country is to be honored more th
|
This is only the first few lines of this paper. If you would like to view the entire paper you need to register here.
|
Get Instant Access to 100,000 Essays!!
|
|
|
|
