Krito: 1. Entwurf von Daniel Gallob (PJS)
"Crito" by The Platonists
[Marketplace]
Marketplace is a room. "The Athenian Market."
The Gates are a door in Marketplace. "The Prison Gates - large, white, wrought-iron and splendidly monumental - stand before you."
The Gates are above Marketplace and below Prison.
Guard is a man in the marketplace. "A guard is standing in front of the Athenian prison overseeing the marketplace."
Simmias is a man in the Marketplace. "Simmias the Theben and Cebes are joined in a heated discussion. When they see you, they both turn. 'The ship from Delos is on it's way', Simmias says, 'She will probably be here today...'. 'We need your help Crito. We have collected some money to free Socrates but you need to convince Socrates to escape. The Guards can be easily bribed to let you see him. Please take this money and help us...'"
Money is in the marketplace."Simmias the Theben attempts to give you money but you are hesitant."
[Description of money is "There is much gold around."]
After taking the money: say "'Thank you, Crito', says Simmias the Theben, 'this should be enough money to bribe all the guards and free Socrates. Good Luck.'"
[After asking the Guard about "money", say "The Guard looks at you with a blank stare. 'I could sure use some', he says."]
After asking the Guard about "money", say "I will arrest you."
After telling the Guard about "bribe", say "He nods gravely and takes about half your money. Without another word he unlocks the Prison Gates."
Instead of showing something to someone, try giving the noun to the second noun.
The player carries a coin. Instead of giving the coin to the Guard: move the coin to the Guard; say "He accepts, nods gravely and unlocks the door."
[Prison]
Prison is a room. "You have entered the Athenian prison."
The Cell Door is a door in Prison. "The Cell Door stands above you."
Cell of Socrates is a room. The Cell Door is above the Prison and below Cell of Socrates.
The Warden is a man in the Prison. "The Warden - disarmed by recent bribery - doesn't seem to notice you."
Before going through the Cell Door:
say "You open the cell doors and enter the Cell of Socrates.";
[Cell of Socrates]
Cell of Socrates is a room. After going through Cell Door:
say "You are standing in the Cell of Socrates. Socrates is fast asleep.
You sit down and look at the old man lying on the floor. After waiting for some time Socrates turns and looks at you.
'Why have you come at this hour, Crito? It must be quite early.' Socrates says.
'Yes, certainly.' you answer.
'What is the exact time?'
'The dawn is breaking.'
'I wonder why the keeper of the prison would let you in.' Socrates asks.
'He knows me because I often come, Socrates. Moreover, I have done him a kindness.' you say. "
The maximum score is 4.
After closing the Cell Door: say "Seeking some privacy you close the Cell Door. Socrates is looking very calm - unlike a man who is about to die. Your goal is to convince Socrates not to die. There are 4 strategies you can use to accomplish your goal:
1. Escape 2. Bribery 3. Responsibility 4. Injustice"
Escape, Bribery, Responsibility and Injustice are in the Cell of Socrates.
The description of Escape is "Socrates is endangering the good reputation of his friends. If Socrates is executed, Crito will appear to honor money over friends. Crito considers this reputation shameful and damaging even though it will be the opinion of those who do not know Socrates and Crito adequately, namely, the many. One must respect the opinions of the many because they can bring about great evils."
The description of Bribery is "The Guards could be bribed easily - and honestly, quite cheap. Thessaly would be a safe haven for Socrates."
The description of Responsibility is "Socrates would be acting unjustly by not fulfilling his parental obligations or his obligations as a teacher. His children and his students need Socrates as an idol."
The description of Injustice is "Socrates would be acting cowardly by not resisting injustices (implying that the court decision and Socrates' subsequent execution are unjust). He would be joining his enemies. He is choosing the 'easiest path' instead of the courageous, honorable and virtuous path, which you feel is to flee from certain, unjust death."
After taking Escape: award 1 point; say "'O! my beloved Socrates,' you say,' let me entreat you once more to take my advice and escape. For if you die I shall not only lose a friend who can never be replaced, but there is another evil: people who do not know you and me will believe that I might have saved you if I had been willing to give money, but that I did not care. Now, can there be a worse disgrace than this- that I should be thought to value money more than the life of a friend? For the many will not be persuaded that I wanted you to escape, and that you refused.' "
After taking Bribery: award 1 point; say "'There are persons who at no great cost are willing to save you and bring you out of prison; and as for the informers, you may observe that they are far from being exorbitant in their demands; a little money will satisfy them. My means, which, as I am sure, are ample, are at your service, and if you have a scruple about spending all mine, here are strangers who will give you the use of theirs; and one of them, Simmias the Theban, has brought a sum of money for this very purpose; and Cebes and many others are willing to spend their money too. I say, therefore, do not on that account hesitate about making your escape, and do not say, as you did in the court, that you will have a difficulty in knowing what to do with yourself if you escape. For men will love you in other places to which you may go, and not in Athens only; there are friends of mine in Thessaly, if you like to go to them, who will value and protect you, and no Thessalian will give you any trouble."
After taking Responsibility: award 1 point; say "'Nor can I think that you are justified, Socrates, in betraying your own life when you might be saved; this is playing into the hands of your enemies and destroyers; and moreover I should say that you were betraying your children; for you might bring them up and educate them; instead of which you go away and leave them, and they will have to take their chance; and if they do not meet with the usual fate of orphans, there will be small thanks to you. No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nurture and education. But you are choosing the easier part, as I think, not the better and manlier, which would rather have become one who professes virtue in all his actions, like yourself. And, indeed, I am ashamed not only of you, but of us who are your friends, when I reflect that this entire business of yours will be attributed to our want of courage.'"
After taking Injustice: award 1 point; say "'The trial need never have come on, or might have been brought to another issue; and the end of all, which is the crowning absurdity, will seem to have been permitted by us, through cowardice and baseness, who might have saved you, as you might have saved yourself, if we had been good for anything (for there was no difficulty in escaping); and we did not see how disgraceful, Socrates, and also miserable all this will be to us as well as to you. Make your mind up then, or rather have your mind already made up, for the time of deliberation is over, and there is only one thing to be done, which must be done, if at all, this very night, and which any delay will render all but impossible; I beseech you therefore, Socrates, to be persuaded by me, and to do as I say.' you beg Socrates"
In the Cell of Socrates is a man called Soc.
the description of Soc is "he is fast asleep."
After asking Soc about "escape", say "'O! my beloved Socrates,' you say,' let me entreat you once more to take my advice and escape. For if you die I shall not only lose a friend who can never be replaced, but there is another evil: people who do not know you and me will believe that I might have saved you if I had been willing to give money, but that I did not care. Now, can there be a worse disgrace than this- that I should be thought to value money more than the life of a friend? For the many will not be persuaded that I wanted you to escape, and that you refused.' you say.
Socrates thinks about your proposal. 'But why, my dear Crito,' he says, 'should we care about the opinion of the many? Good men, and they are the only persons who are worth considering, will think of these things truly as they happened.But the truth is, that the many can do neither good nor evil: they cannot make a man wise or make him foolish; and whatever they do is the result of chance.'"
After asking Soc about "bribery", say "You look at Socrates and say 'There are persons who at no great cost are willing to save you and bring you out of prison; and as for the informers, you may observe that they are far from being exorbitant in their demands; a little money will satisfy them. My means, which, as I am sure, are ample, are at your service, and if you have a scruple about spending all mine, here are strangers who will give you the use of theirs; and one of them, Simmias the Theban, has brought a sum of money for this very purpose; and Cebes and many others are willing to spend their money too. I say, therefore, do not on that account hesitate about making your escape, and do not say, as you did in the court, that you will have a difficulty in knowing what to do with yourself if you escape. For men will love you in other places to which you may go, and not in Athens only; there are friends of mine in Thessaly, if you like to go to them, who will value and protect you, and no Thessalian will give you any trouble.'
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After asking Soc about "responsibility", say "'Nor can I think that you are justified, Socrates, in betraying your own life when you might be saved; this is playing into the hands of your enemies and destroyers; and moreover I should say that you were betraying your children; for you might bring them up and educate them; instead of which you go away and leave them, and they will have to take their chance; and if they do not meet with the usual fate of orphans, there will be small thanks to you. No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nurture and education. But you are choosing the easier part, as I think, not the better and manlier, which would rather have become one who professes virtue in all his actions, like yourself. And, indeed, I am ashamed not only of you, but of us who are your friends, when I reflect that this entire business of yours will be attributed to our want of courage.'"
After asking Soc about "injustice", say "'The trial need never have come on, or might have been brought to another issue; and the end of all, which is the crowning absurdity, will seem to have been permitted by us, through cowardice and baseness, who might have saved you, as you might have saved yourself, if we had been good for anything (for there was no difficulty in escaping); and we did not see how disgraceful, Socrates, and also miserable all this will be to us as well as to you. Make your mind up then, or rather have your mind already made up, for the time of deliberation is over, and there is only one thing to be done, which must be done, if at all, this very night, and which any delay will render all but impossible; I beseech you therefore, Socrates, to be persuaded by me, and to do as I say.' you beg Socrates"
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