socrates accepts his fate

Title: socrates accepts his fate
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socrates accepts his fate

Socrates Accepts His Fate Socrates was condemned to death for corrupting the youth of Athens. One of his students, Crito, visited Socrates in prison and tried to convince him to escape. Socrates refused, warranting that laws are meant to be obeyed. Socrates argued by stating that without the laws, he would not be the man he was. In other words, the laws had a sort of parental authority over him. He also stated that he …showed first 75 words of 973 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 973 total…have trouble accepting is the existentialist nature of Socrates’ reasoning. He accepts his death sentence because it is the law. If I were in Socrates’ place, I would attempt to escape. I would refuse to accept my fate just because someone said I had to accept it. While I read Socrates’ arguments, I could not help but to picture Sisyphus pushing his rock up the mountain only to see it roll down the other side.

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