that Socrates believed that he needed to honor this "obey of code", still tried to convince Socrates that he was unjustly sentenced and his escape would not effect his city. Socrates disagreed just like me because he knew that breaking the agreement was setting a bad example, which would in turn, effect the city. He made me realize that all those years that he spent fighting for other people's wisdom and their search for the truth was very noble and morally strong. He did not charge anyone for his teachings, he never asked for anything in return, so what difference would it make now for him to have a hidden agenda for spending time with the youth. Unless he was a good person and he only meant well. He wanted to show people life was better if you did not value material things by not valuing them himself. I feel that by escaping his sentence he would be conveying a totally opposite message, the one he had tried to convey all these years, and that is laws of Athens were unjust. The reason I feel that there should be no room for sympathy nor mercy is because Socrates was well aware of what he was doing and what was waiting for him down the road. It was not physically impossible for Socrates to escape, but it was morally wrong. During the apology he refused to leave the city, and chose to face the death sentence instead. Then there was no way out and since he fought the jury until they gave him a death penalty, there was no question he was going to be put - 9 -to death and this was the path he chose. He once stated that " If an action is unjust, it should be avoided even if it causes some undesirable side effects. " The reason I refer to this quote is because I think Socrates was trying to say that he must not attempt an escape although an execution was already awaiting for him. ...
