Ever imagined living in an ideal world where everybody did the right thing and at the right time, a world where everybody was intelligent and thought philosophically. Socrates is a character living in such situations because he strives to change everybody to think like him and act like him. Socrates believes that he cannot do wrong to anyone and, therefore, cannot expect anyone even himself to wrong him. In Crito, he decides against escaping from the prison to save his life after he had been sentenced to death. Since the two had many things in common, Crito thought that he could convince him to plan an escape and hence escape his death sentence. However, Socrates supposed virtuousness advises him that escaping from the prison is a bad idea because it was immoral. This paper analyses Socrates’ opinions about his life. It will also delve into his reasons for not wanting to escape jail to save his life.

Socrates asserts that human beings can progress or retreat depending on the nature of the decisions they have made. He insists that individuals who do good things have their lives enhanced by these actions. However, people who do bad deeds are likely to be affected badly by such actions. He also intimates that taking advice from non-professionals is not advisable because it leads to wrong decision-making. Here, Socrates implies that wrong decisions and hence wrong actions leads to bad health.

Through the discourse, Socrates makes the reader understand that the health of the body is very important than anything else. The decisions that people make affect the health of this body, which he terms as precious. Crito appears to be in agreement with him, as he replies with “certainly not” to most of Socrates’ opinions. This is perhaps the reason Crito decides to persuade him to consider escaping because death was bad for the body. He thought that Socrates would agree with him in this situation as he had agreed with him in many other worldviews. When Socrates poses a question to Crito about the importance of the part of the body that chooses between what is right or wrong, Crito’s answer is simple. Crito states that this part is “precious” as he agrees with Socrates.

It is at this point that Socrates comes up with the argument that doing what is right is the proper choice despite the choices made by others. He clearly states that one should not just choose to do something simply because others have done it. He states that people’s actions get ruined by heeding the counsel of “non-experts.”He is performing this same thing in Crito. Nevertheless, therevirtuous and at the same time intelligent.

In Crito (48c-d), it is evident that Socrates does not fear death especially if the actions done to rescue him are wrong. He states that both situations have to be assessed before any action is taken. From the text, it is clear that there are three choices to be taken namely paying people to help with the escape, planning the escape themselves or doing nothing and await the death sentence. The first two choices will lead to the escape of Socrates and hence saving his life. The third choice implies that Socrates has accepted the fate delivered to him by the judges because he will surely die. However, none of these matters to Socrates because what he cares about is doing the right thing. Socrates desires to see a healthy body devoid of any signs of wear and ruin. He states that, if in any circumstance their conduct were incorrect, then they would stay put and make no move. This implies that their death sentence will take effect at the planned time.

47 d – 48a & 48c-d) with a combination of Socrates other conversations gives rise to two conclusions. ere is no surprise as he wins all these arguments using his pre-planned strategies.

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