The Apology, which is a second dialog of Plato, represent of Socrates’s speech that he proclaims at the trial in which he is …show more content…
He also engages Miletus, his chief accuser, in debate, attempting to prove to both Miletus and the court that the case against him has no merit. But his efforts are in vain, however: the narrative describes how Socrates is found guilty of the charges against him and is sentenced to death, a consequence that Socrates accepts with realism and humor.
The third dialogue, "Crito," takes place in Socrates' prison cell, where he is visited by a wealthy friend, Crito, who urges him to take advantage of the offers of support from him and other wealthy Athenians, and escape. Socrates gratefully refuses, explaining that his sense of loyalty to the state and its judgment, which he believes to be inspired by the pure principle of justice, is too