“Tell me, Socrates, what are you intending to do? By attempting this deed, aren’t you planning to do nothing other than destroy us, the laws, and the civic community, as much as you can? Or does it seem possible to you that any city where the verdicts reached have no force but are made powerless and corrupted by private citizens could continue to exist and not be in ruins?” (Crito, 50b).
answer:
1.What are the explicit premises of this argument?
2.What are the implicit premises of these arguments?
3.How can you make the implicit premises explicit?
4.What is the conclusion of this argument?
5.Are there any weaknesses you can identify in this argument? Explain.
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