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What argument does Crito use to convince Socrates to leave??

Crito and some of his friends were willing to pay informants to keep whatever knowledge of Socrates escape secret. He also gave him the option of staying in Thessaly, and he assured him that he wouldn't be harmed there.
The main argument that Crito used in trying to convince Socrates, was by saying that in not trying to escape he would be betraying his own sons by going away and leaving them, and not educating them on what he knows. He called Socrates a coward for choosing the easiest way out, by not putting up a fight in the courtroom and also by just basically accepting his "fate" of being sentenced to death.
I believe that this "act" really exposes Socrates as a coward and a fool. Firstly I call him a coward, because to me he is to shame to admit that he could possibly wrong. He makes absolutely ridiculous points in trying to defend his actions. He came up with a totally hypothetical situation in......

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