e and had a method of escape planned - 7 -already. Crito also tells Socrates that he would felt guilty for not helping him escape essentially and letting him die in that jail cell. Crito also felt that the public would think he was greedy if he did not spend the money to help Socrates. All of his friends always had faith in Socrates doing the right thing. Crito did everything possible to convince Socrates to escape from jail but Socrates rejected every proposal made by Crito. One of the reasons why Socrates felt compelled to accept his sentence is due to the persuasion or obeisance of the code of Athens. Socrates believed that it was immoral for him to escape his sentence because he had accepted the city's laws all his life and when given a chance to leave the city, he refused. I totally agree with that idea because if he did escape or move to another city what kind of message would he be sending his peers. He would be telling them that all of his ideas and believes really had no meaning to him and that all this time his search for the truth was just a big lie. The city of Athens believed that each and one of the citizens always had the option of leaving the city and moving elsewhere. The city believed that if someone did not feel comfortable living with certain aspects of the city like the laws, traditions or other things, then they were free to leave. Socrates lived there for seventy years of his life and his he showed that he agreed with how the city was being run. As a result of the freedom that Athens felt each citizen could have persuaded to change the city or obey what the city decided. Socrates being very outspoken as he was, had plenty of time over his seventy years to persuade the city to - 8 -reform those things, which he dislike. Although Crito realizing...
