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This 4 page paper summarizes the argument that Socrates makes about obeying the laws of Athens. Furthermore, this paper seeks to evaluate the Socrates' premise, showing that it is indeed valid but that it is also sound based upon the logic that Socrates employs. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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principles at stake, and that dying is far more tolerable than any of the temporal concerns of Crito. While Socrates outlines several arguments in defense of his position, perhaps
the most notable is that he believes he has made a tacit agreement with the laws of Athens and breaking those laws would not be just.
Socrates fully believed that he had entered into a binding and tacit agreement with Athens. He argued that because he had lived the length
of his life in Athens, living in accordance with its laws, that he had implicitly agreed to uphold those laws and had also agreed with their value. Rationality required
him, according to his view, to keep the agreement in the name of justness. "When one has come to an agreement that is just with someone one should fulfill
it" (Plato, 49e). In fact, Socrates places such high regard on this matter that he contends that the tacit agreement that exists between a citizen and his/her country is,
"to be honored more than your mother, your father, and all your ancestors, that it is more to be revered and more sacred, and that it counts for more among
the gods and sensible men, that you must worship it" (Plato, 51a). Therefore, Socrates clearly and evidently reveres the state and places
devotion to the state as a supremely important value. Based upon this, it is evident why Socrates would therefore choose death over defiance of the tacit agreement that he
had entered into with Athens based upon his time living there. Furthermore, he argued that even if he didnt agree with the demands of the state, it would not
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