Crito, speaking in Plato, Crito (≈45e–46a): “No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nurture and education.

Socrates chose death over breaking his covenant with Athens. Not martyrdom—integrity. A good life > mere survival. #Plato #Crito

Remembering Derek Murcott, who played Crito in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 (1972), on what would have been his 100th birthday.

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In Our Time - Socrates in Prison - BBC Sounds Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the inspiring last days of the great Athenian philosopher.

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And so the implicit agreement that they rely on means that he would indeed be acting unjustly and breaking a kind of contract between him and the city were he to fail to obey the law on this occasion.

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