num_pages: 200
description: Plato's Socrates, in prison and being urged to flee execution, raises in acute form, and for the first time in European thought, a central question: is it right to disobey the state? Socrates' controversial answer in "Crito" has generated much contemporary literature, but no English commentary of the Greek text for seventy-five years. This new edition aims to provide an up-to-date literary and philosophical analysis suitable for a wide range of readers, including those with post-beginners Greek. It represents an ideal introduction, not only to the social and philosophical world of Classical Greece, but also to the personality of one of its greatest thinkers.
language: English
title: Crito
titlecomplete: Crito
characters: Socrates (philosopher)
genres: Politics, Philosophy, Greece, Nonfiction, School, Ancient, Ancient History, Classics, College, History
ratings_count: 9184
places: Greece
publisher: Bristol Classical Press