{"date":"June 14","id":"06-14","intro":["Socrates unceasingly strove for beauty, truth, and perfection. Sentenced to death on a false charge, he refused to escape from the death cell, even when opportunity was offered."],"minutes":27,"readings":[{"author":"Plato","end":43,"start":31,"volume":2,"work":"Crito"}],"slug":"june-14","status":"proofread","title":"A Philosopher Prefers Prison Cell","url":"/harvard-classics/june-14/","words":5352}