The Crito: The Apology, By Plato

Crito is the third out of four dialogues of the last days and trial of a well-known philosopher named Socrates, who never wrote or recorded his beliefs and is only known through the works of Plato, Xenophon, and Aristophanes. Socrates is known for living a simple life; of not being very wealthy or owning many possessions. He is also known to be a gadfly, literally meaning a horsefly, meaning he pesters the citizens of Athens in his mission of seeking the truth. Socrates’ most famous student, Plato, an Athenian aristocrat who founded The Academy and teacher of Aristotle, is the author of the Crito. Plato is notorious for writing over twenty dialogues, in which he explains his own metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. Prior to Crito is The Apology, in which Socrates is found guilty of corrupting the youth and impiety and is sentenced to death. The main theme of the Crito is virtue

Crito, believes that Socrates should escape Athens and flee to Thessaly. Whereas, Socrates believes it is more important to do the good, and there are no circumstances where doing bad is honorable. In the format of a dialogue, these arguments become much clearer to the readers. The language used is not the same dialect used today, and is also translated from Ancient Greek. The entire character of Socrates is arguably a use of ethos. There are scholars who argue that Socrates did not exist at all, and was only a character Plato created. However, other scholars believe Plato’s dialogues are only Socrates’ beliefs, and that Plato had no contribution to them other than simply documentation. Finally, there are scholars who believe that Plato’s earlier dialogues were expressing Socrates’ actual beliefs, and his later dialogues are only Plato’s beliefs. Unfortunately, this problem remains unsolved. If Socrates was a real person, then it is known that he was the wisest man of Athens during his