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Plato describes Socrates’ final days in Crito. Now in prison awaiting execution, Socrates displays the same spirit of calm reflection about serious matters that had characterized his life in freedom. Even the obvious injustice of his fate at the hands of the Athenian jury produces no bitterness or anger in Socrates. Friends arrive at the jail with a foolproof plan for his escape from Athens to a life of voluntary exile, but Socrates calmly engages them in a rational debate about the moral value of such an action. Of course Crito knows his boyhood friend well, and he comes prepared to argue his views to persuade Socrates to escape. Socrates’ decision to not escape from jail is wise because life with a corrupted soul is not worth living, he is guided by principles, he does not believe in intentionally doing wrong, and he will never change. Socrates dismisses Crito’s emotional arguments and considers them as irrelevant to a decision about what action is truly just. It is important to point out that Socrates has been in jail for two weeks by this point and has had lots of time to think about his decisions while Crito has been planning his escape. Although Socrates has already made his decision he listens to what Crito h