Rhetoric in Crito

I find it ironic that after not wanting to be a part of persuading the jury to let him off the hook in the Apologia, Socrates, while he is in prison awaiting his death, must try to explain to Crito why he should not try to escape. Crito uses some of the arguments that Socrates did not want to use as his defense in the Apologia. Crito speaks about how Socrates should escape so that he doesn't desert his children, which is one of the exact forms of pity that Socrates did not want to use to persuade the jury in the Apologia. Again we see that Socrates wants to go against what everyone else, which he calls "unwise," says when they try to use rhetoric to get him to do what they say.

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