Pros And Cons Of Socrates

To escape or to not escape? A question I thought I could easily answer, has a deeper meaning. With that being said, Socrates confronts this question/desire and the laws of Athens, head on. Socrates believes that if he indeed wanted to disobey the laws, by escaping, he would intentionally be destroying these laws as well as, the state. “Socrates: Well, look at it this way. Suppose we were about to run away from here—or whatever what we’d be doing should be called. And suppose the Laws and the city community came and confronted us, and said, “Tell us, Socrates, what do you intend to do? Do you intend anything else by this act you’re attempting than to destroy us Laws, and the city as a whole, to the extent that [b] you can? Or do you think that a city can continue to exist and not be overthrown if the legal judgments

“You see, we gave you birth, upbringing, and education, and have provided [d] you, as well as every other citizen, with a share of all the fine things we could. Nonetheless, if any Athenian—who has been admitted to adult status and has observed both how affairs are handled in the city and ourselves, the Laws—is dissatisfied with us and wishes to leave, we grant him permission to take his property and he may go wherever he wishes and hold on to what’s his” (Crito, page 126-127). These laws have made, if you will, Socrates. For instance, these laws allowed his parents to give birth to him (Socrates). Then, the laws allowed Socrates his upbringing, as well as his education. Laws are family, the relationship they carry are similar to a father and son/ a daughter and a mother. A son or a daughter has no right to retaliate when punished, I know I didn’t, I was punished more if I attempted this act. In Socrates case, to avoid execution running away is out of the question, proving that the laws punished him with injustice. And in doing so, the laws as well as the state would be