- Source
- Crito
- Date
- c. 399 BCE
- Local voice
- Dialogue speaker · Socrates
- English wording
- Benjamin Jowett — Translator · from Ancient Greek
Meaning of “Then we must do no wrong?”
The brief question tests whether the previously accepted principle against wrongdoing still holds when obedience to it becomes personally costly.
Where does it come from?
Crito, Benjamin Jowett translation; Socrates is testing the moral premises that will govern his decision about escaping prison.
Why the local voice matters
Socrates tests a premise in Crito.
