Everyone at some point in their lives has asked someone for advice, namely a friend or family member. Many times an individual tends to ask for more than one person's advice in order to get a different perspective concerning the same matter. Which advice is best? Whose advice out of the many should one listen to? Socrates addresses these same questions in Plato's dialogue The Crito. In the middle of a Socratic dialogue, he asks …
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…r plausible error in his theory, he instead chooses to conclude it is "right" and final. Ironically, Socrates preaches the fact that he knows nothing and that he considers himself to be unwise. This said, however, Socrates then gives himself too much credit in The Crito and for someone that admits not knowing everything. He sure seems to deem his argument correct and not needing for correction, which ultimately is why his argument is faulty.