Introduction Impiety and corrupting the youth These are the two vices that lead to Socrates’ current predicament. This may be viewed to be ironic as a large part of the play deals with Socrates giving his views about this and emerging to the reader’s judgment as innocent. After the final monologue in which Socrates tells Crito that the voices in his conscience have been urging him against going against the state and the laid down laws, it becomes rather clear that he is indeed not to blame and that it is Crito who is in the wrong for urging him on. This paper will regard the three premises discussed in the play and we will seek to evaluate whether the premises laid down by Socrates do indeed concur with the conclusions he makes and if these conclusions can in any way contrast with Crito’s viewpoint. Premises Socrates believes he owes the government his obedience. He is of the view that retaliating a wrong with another wrong, which would escape, will not correct the wrong already done by the law which is being falsely accused consequences of his escape would be worse than staying in jail. We will first look into the explanation of each of these premises with regards to his reasoning. His current predicament does not worry him much; “and now that this fortune has come upon me,” It is also made clear in his unperturbed slumber when Crito comes to his cell. The fact that he owes his government obedience is made clear in his monologue in which he observes that it is the government that gave him life educating him and enabling his progenitors to marry. He also observes that he took a contract that was implied by choosing to remain in his country thereby proof that he will abide by the laws laid out by the state. As to why he believes in this premise is the repercussions he highlights in his monologue. He is of the view that he will be giving the government arsenal against him should he choose to escape as he would be in no position to answer the questions posed to him were he to be caught escaping and he would be running from a government that has brought him thus far. He considers that once you wrong the government it is threefold. From the onset, it is clear that Socrates makes use of reason as opposed to making decisions offhandedly. This brings us to our second premise. He queries Crito on whether it is right to make amends of one who has wronged you by adding further wrong. To this, Crito answers in the negative. He gives the analogy of a trainee and a trainer in gymnastics implying that one should only hold regard to one authority when making decisions. Not the voices of the multitude that he claims view revenge as morality. Repercussions of his escape are the third premise and this he delineates in the monologue. He weighs the pros and cons of escaping and the scale is tipped to the latter. Due to his selfless nature, he is of the view that he would even harm his friends by his escape causing them to go through forced exile and lose property they have worked for all their life. Friends like Simmias of Theban and Crito. He would also forever live with the notion that he is a traitor of his country. Whether he owes his government allegiance is made crystal during his monologue that is written in the form of a trial. He is of the view that by agreeing to stay in the country he bound himself