POLS 2310 Lecture 10: Crito Cont.
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Need an argument about justice before escaping from jail. Crito wants to be a good person, but when socrates tries to explain justice to him, crito cannot understand. Crito cannot understand socrates, but he needs to know what socrates know. Socrates wants to help his friend, but cannot always be there to tell him what to do. They need an intermediary, someone to make wisdom about justice useful for ordinary people. Make socrates" wisdom about justice useful in ordinary circumstances. Example: you want to learn math, professor knows math and wants to teach you, but you cannot connect, you need an intermediary, equals tutor. To make the math professor"s knowledge useful for you - tell you how to deal with particular circumstances. In this dialogue that role is served by. Laws (general principle of justice) when wisdom about justice isn"t useful to.
