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or the laws force him to accept entirely,
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the covenant that every citizen has with the laws
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that binds them to absolute obedience.
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The question is,
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why does Socrates exhibit
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such proud defiance and independence of the laws
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in the Apology,
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and such total, even kind of mouse-like,
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acquiescence to the laws in the Crito?
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What happened to him,
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I mean why does he all of a sudden
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become so humble and acquiescent?