Guia de estudo de Crito
by Plato · o livro inteiro: 0 h 20 min de leitura
Crito follows the imprisoned Socrates as his friend Crito offers money, practical help, and protection abroad to help him escape execution, while Socrates examines whether escape is just. Its main themes are justice before survival, civic obligation, and the refusal to repay harm with evil, explored through Socrates' refusal and his imagined voice of the laws.
A história em resumo
The prison guard admits Crito early because he knows him and receives a favor. Socrates is imprisoned and faces execution; a woman in his dream announces his arrival at Phthia. Crito urges him to escape, offering money, practical help, and protection abroad. Simmias of Thebes brings a large sum, and Crito names Cebes among those ready to finance the escape. Crito also says small payments can satisfy the informers despite the risks to those helping.
Socrates tests the proposed escape against justice and civic duty rather than accepting Crito's practical help. He argues that people must not retaliate or repay harm with evil. He gives the laws an imagined voice that defends civic obedience and condemns escape. The Athenians' consent also matters to his examination of whether leaving prison is right. He refuses escape because he judges it unjust, and closes by choosing to follow divine direction. Leia o resumo de 15 minutos.
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What is Crito about?
Crito follows the imprisoned Socrates as his friend Crito offers money, practical help, and protection abroad to help him escape execution. Socrates examines whether escape is just rather than accepting the plan simply because it could save him.
Why does Socrates refuse to escape in Crito?
Socrates refuses to escape because he judges it unjust, putting justice and civic duty before survival. He argues that suffering harm does not justify retaliation or repaying anyone with evil.
Who helps Socrates escape in Crito?
Crito offers money, practical help, and protection abroad for a proposed escape that Socrates ultimately refuses. Simmias of Thebes brings a large sum, and Crito names Cebes among those ready to finance the plan.
What role do the laws play in Crito?
Socrates gives the laws an imagined voice that defends civic obedience and condemns escape. Their argument makes Crito's practical plan a question of obligation, while the Athenians' consent also matters to Socrates' examination.
Where is Crito set?
The immediate setting is the Prison of Socrates, where Socrates faces execution and Crito gains early admission through the prison guard. Athens, Thessaly, Delos, and Sunium are also named, extending the dialogue's geographical reach beyond the prison.
What are the main themes of Crito?
The main themes are justice before survival, civic obligation, and refusing to repay harm with evil. Crito's practical help also shows that friendship and another person's conviction cannot replace examining whether an action is right.
How does Crito end?
Socrates refuses the proposed escape because he judges it unjust, despite the money and practical support available to him. The dialogue closes with his choice to follow divine direction.
Personagens
Socrates
Socrates is a prisoner facing execution, but he refuses an escape he judges unjust. His examination of Crito's plan shows justice and civic duty taking priority over survival.
Crito
His offers of money, practical help, and protection abroad show friendship taking practical form.
the laws
The laws speak through an imagined voice that Socrates gives them, defending civic obedience and condemning escape. This voice shows how an escape plan becomes a question of obligation.
Simmias of Thebes
Simmias of Thebes brings a large sum specifically to help Socrates escape from prison. His contribution shows that the proposed escape has financial support, not merely encouragement.
the prison guard
The prison guard admits Crito early because he knows him and receives a favor. His action shows personal familiarity and a favor helping Crito gain access.
Temas
Justice before survival
Crito offers practical ways to escape execution, but Socrates refuses because he judges escape unjust. Their disagreement shows that a means of survival does not settle the moral question of whether it should be used.
Civic obligation
The imagined voice of the laws defends civic obedience and condemns escape, while the Athenians' consent matters to Socrates' examination. Together, these points show that leaving prison raises obligations beyond the prisoner's own wish to leave.
Reason against opinion
This contrast suggests that another person's conviction and helpfulness cannot replace examination of whether a proposed action is right.
Refusing retaliation
Socrates argues that suffering harm does not justify retaliating or repaying anyone with evil. Alongside his refusal of an escape he judges unjust, this principle shows that being harmed does not remove responsibility for one's own actions.
Frases famosas explicadas
Socrates, Part 1. Socrates states this principle while examining whether escape is just. It shows that suffering harm does not give someone permission to answer with wrongdoing.
Ambientação
The immediate setting is The Prison of Socrates, where Socrates faces execution and Crito gains early admission through the prison guard. Athens, Thessaly, Delos, and Sunium are also named, giving the dialogue a geographical reach beyond its immediate prison setting.
Context
The author
Plato was an Athenian philosopher and a follower of Socrates who later founded the Academy in Athens. He wrote Crito in the fourth century BCE, within the intellectual world of Athens. The dialogue looks back to Socrates’ final imprisonment, but its carefully shaped argument should not be treated as a word-for-word record of their conversation.
The times
Athens sentenced Socrates to death in 399 BCE after his conviction on charges of impiety and corrupting the young. A sacred mission to Delos delayed his execution because Athenian custom barred public executions while the mission was away. Adult male citizens could participate in Athenian government, while women, enslaved people, and resident foreigners lacked those political rights.
How it was received
Plato’s dialogues became major works of ancient philosophy, preserving an influential picture of Socrates as a thinker committed to examining how people should live. Crito is now often read in debates about political obligation and civil disobedience. Readers disagree about whether its argument demands broad obedience to law or depends on Socrates’ particular relationship with Athens.
Use Athens’ civic institutions and Socrates’ conviction to explain why Plato makes escape a question of justice and obligation rather than simply survival.
Perguntas para discussão
- Is Socrates right to place justice above survival?
- What does Crito's practical support suggest about the responsibilities of friendship?
- How does giving the laws a voice affect the case for civic obedience?
- How persuasive is Socrates' rejection of retaliation, regardless of the harm suffered?
- Why should the Athenians' consent matter to Socrates' decision about leaving prison?
Temas para redação
- Moral priorities. Examine how Crito's practical proposals and Socrates' refusal distinguish what is possible from what is right.
- Speaking laws. Analyze how the imagined voice of the laws frames the argument against escape.
- Retaliation. Evaluate the role of the principle against retaliation in Socrates' examination of escape.
- Friendship. Explore the tension between Crito's efforts to help his friend and Socrates' insistence on testing that help against justice.
Teste rápido
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Why do the imagined laws say Socrates accepts their authority?
Cite esta página
“Guia de estudo de Crito.” Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/pt/pages/crito-study-guide.
Library of Alexandria. (2026). Guia de estudo de Crito. https://libraryofalexandria.com/pt/pages/crito-study-guide
“Guia de estudo de Crito.” Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/pt/pages/crito-study-guide.
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