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Which of the following reasons for refusing to escape from prison does Socrates NOT give to Crito.
{ 1 } - One must never do wrong in return for wrong.
{ 2 } - Breaking a just agreement is wrong.
{ 3 } - He would rather die than live in Sicily.
{ 4 } - One should consider the opinions of the wise, not the many.
{ 5 } - It is worse to do violence to one's country than to one's parents.
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Which of the following reasons for refusing to escape from prison does Socrates NOT give to Crito.
{ 1 } - One must never do wrong in return for wrong.
{ 2 } - Breaking a just agreement is wrong.
{ 3 } - He would rather die than live in Sicily.
{ 4 } - One should consider the opinions of the wise, not the many.
{ 5 } - It is worse to do violence to one's country than to one's parents.
See 49b: Socrates: "One should never do wrong in return, nor injure any man, whatever injury one has suffered at his hands."
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Which of the following reasons for refusing to escape from prison does Socrates NOT give to Crito.
{ 1 } - One must never do wrong in return for wrong.
{ 2 } - Breaking a just agreement is wrong.
{ 3 } - He would rather die than live in Sicily.
{ 4 } - One should consider the opinions of the wise, not the many.
{ 5 } - It is worse to do violence to one's country than to one's parents.
See 49e, where Socrates gets the expected answer to the question: "When one has come to an agreement that is just with someone, should one fulfill it or cheat on it?"
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Which of the following reasons for refusing to escape from prison does Socrates NOT give to Crito.
{ 1 } - One must never do wrong in return for wrong.
{ 2 } - Breaking a just agreement is wrong.
{ 3 } - He would rather die than live in Sicily.
{ 4 } - One should consider the opinions of the wise, not the many.
{ 5 } - It is worse to do violence to one's country than to one's parents.
He does, however, have the laws point out the general difficulties of exile in 53b-e. But he says nothing about Sicily.
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Which of the following reasons for refusing to escape from prison does Socrates NOT give to Crito.
{ 1 } - One must never do wrong in return for wrong.
{ 2 } - Breaking a just agreement is wrong.
{ 3 } - He would rather die than live in Sicily.
{ 4 } - One should consider the opinions of the wise, not the many.
{ 5 } - It is worse to do violence to one's country than to one's parents.
See 47a-48a, especially 48a: "We should not then think so much of what the majority will say about us, but what he will say who understands justice and injustice, the one, that is, and the truth itself."
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Which of the following reasons for refusing to escape from prison does Socrates NOT give to Crito.
{ 1 } - One must never do wrong in return for wrong.
{ 2 } - Breaking a just agreement is wrong.
{ 3 } - He would rather die than live in Sicily.
{ 4 } - One should consider the opinions of the wise, not the many.
{ 5 } - It is worse to do violence to one's country than to one's parents.
See 51c where Socrates has the laws say: "It is impious to bring violence to bear against your mother or father, it is much more so to use it against your country."
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