The social contract theory according to Socrates

This essay aims to trace the idea of the social contract in the western tradition as far back as possible, in which we turn back looking at Socrates’ trial. Of course, the major works on ‘social contract theory’ were written in closer proximity to our age, initiated by Hobbes’s “Leviathan,” Locke’s “Two Treatises on Government,” Rousseau’s “The Social Contract,” and Montesquieu’s “The Spirit of Laws.” However, there is a great deal of understanding found in Plato’s dialogues, particularly in Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito. Plato also writes extensively related to this topic in the “Republic” (especially, Book II) and the “Laws.”

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