Episode 72, Plato’s Crito: Socrates in Prison (Part I - The Dialogue)

The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast

Jack Symes | Andrew Horton, Oliver Marley, and Rose de Castellane

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4.8 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever considered the invisible power of the law? How a contract is signed without ever putting pen to paper? Do not underestimate the importance of that which cannot be seen or grasped, since you unknowingly benefit from its presence and would suffer greatly in its absence. Therefore, if the law has kept you safe for all your best years, should you look to criticise it the moment it accuses?

Be careful not to pull too hard at that thread, for the social fabric appears tightly woven but is actually patched over the ages by many inadequate tailors. If you decide that the law doesn’t suit you now, are you not making yourself a special case? Isn’t everyone a special case? Would not everyone be pardoned?

So, what will it be: accept the law and therefore your fate, or set a precedent that demonstrates the contract is in fact as real as it is visible?

Contents

Part I. The Dialogue

Part II. Further Analysis and Discussion

Links

Plato, The Complete Works (pdf).

Transcript

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0:00.0	Have you ever considered the invisible power of the law, how a contract is signed without ever putting pen to paper?
0:15.3	Do not underestimate the importance since you unknowingly benefit from its presence, and would greatly in its absence. Therefore if the law has kept you safe for all your
0:25.5	best years should you look to criticize it in the moment it accuses. Be careful not
0:30.9	to pull too hard at that thread for the social fabric appears tightly woven but
0:35.3	it's actually patched over the ages by many inadequate
0:38.0	tailors. If you decide the law doesn't suit you now, are you not making yourself a special
0:42.8	case? Isn't everyone a special case? Would not everyone be pardoned? So what will it be?
0:48.8	Accept the law and therefore your fate will set a precedent that demonstrates the contract
0:53.7	is in fact as real as it is visible.
1:01.8	they don't call me Ollie one take Mali because I've got a small
0:55.9	I don't leave that bit in
0:58.0	Hello and welcome to inappropriate sex I don't get it. Don't leave that being.
1:02.6	Hello and welcome to inappropriate sex commentary from the panpsychicist. It's not as bad as Aristophanes, I'm all right?
1:16.6	At this point in the show, I've now left my job when this comes out.
1:18.6	So tread carefully with your bobbinous jokes, please.
1:21.6	I can make as many as I like.
1:24.6	Me. We can joke about your
1:26.6	all day long.
1:28.5	I want my job back.
1:30.1	You can bring me
1:31.7	into discipline nowadays.
1:35.5	Don't worry, Jack.
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