1. Summarize Crito’s reasons for trying to convince Socrates to escape from prison.
Crito wants Socrates to think about whom all will be impacted by his death. Crito fears that all whom are impacted by him (socrates’s) will make his friends look bad. People will believe that they did nothing to try to save him, which would mean that they failed to save him.
Also, Socrates should not worry about the risk or the financial cost to his friends. They are willing to pay, and they had made arrangements to find Socrates a life a good in exile.
On a more moral/ethical ground Cirto tries to press Socrates with is if he stayed, and conformed to the unjust punishment he he would be aiding his enemies in wronging him unjustly, and as well as he (Socrates) …show more content…
Socrates claims, about halfway through Crito that “the most important thing is not life, but the good life.” In light of all that he says in Crito, what is the difference between life and the good life, according to Socrates?
A good life should be the goal, in doing this one must not return evil with evil and one must follow what is right and not intentionally do wrong. He believes that principles are at the root of his life, without principles and laws life is not lived in its fullest.

Answer each of the following questions about “Philosophy: The Good Life—Plato”
1. Explain Plato’s view of the good life. In particular, explain the relationship between reason and the passions (remember: Plato was a follower of Socrates, and wrote the dialogues that you’ve read—Apology, and Crito). individual virtues are the one path to the good life and that path come from within, while Plato posits the path to the good life needs exterior influences for the person to achieve success.
A man who does passion doesnt really reflect will find that it is not a life worth living.
Reason: when it reigns in his passion he will grow his community.
The republic dialogue focuses on virtues and making living well possible, this is important, because all may life life of