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Crito
by Plato
Socrates refuses to escape prison: obligation to the laws, keeping agreements, never doing wrong even when wronged. Short and demanding.
Read it if…
you want the ethics of obedience and integrity.
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Skip it if…
you want political theory at length.
Try instead: Phaedo →
Three things you will actually use
- Never return wrong for wrong.
- Keep your agreements.
- Integrity to the end.
Do this first
Read it after the Apology.
Our verdict
Socrates stays.
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