Practice question · True or false
Socrates held that it is better to suffer injustice than to commit it.
Hints
- This follows from his view about the priority of the soul.
- Committing injustice damages the soul, which matters more than what happens to the body.
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True
Why
True, and it follows from the priority of the soul. Suffering injustice harms your circumstances; committing it harms the thing that matters most. He accepted the consequence at his trial rather than escape it.
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