Plato's composite of this encounter is detailed in Crito. ... Especially, to a reader who has recently read Socrates" eloquent speech on behalf of his innocence, as related by Plato, in The Apology. Why, we ask, might Socrates seem eager to accept his unjust punishment, accorded by unjust men, in this the most unjust of situations? ... Remember from Plato's recounting of Socrates" trial in The Apology, that Socrates is divinely bound to approach strangers on the street to challenge their worldly notions. ... Against a philosophical wall, Socrates (or rather Plato) is forced to const...

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From what we learn of him in Plato does Socrates offer a philosophy that is genuinely progressive and radical in its wish to reform the society of the day? ... I will rely on two of Plato's works in my argument, The Apology and The Crito. ... Socrates states the importance of standing by his previous reasoning (no unjust acts). He believes it is his social duty to accept his punishment, be it unjust or just. ...

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