Crito
The dialogue takes place in Socrates' prison cell, where he awaits execution. He is visited before dawn by his old friend Crito, who has made arrangements to smuggle Socrates out of prison to the safety of exile. Socrates hesitates to consider the offer. What follows challenges the reader’s notion of justice.
Would you go or would you stay?
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