92). As the court session goes on Socrates is provided with a few things he could do to avoid a death penalty, one of them is that he could stop his teachings but Socrates refuses, another is to be exiled but he also refuses this as it would be against his divine mission to teach the people. Eventually Socrates lost the case and was sentenced to death. Now to the question at hand, what does he believes is harder to avoid than death, wickedness. Wickedness in Socrates eyes was a lot faster than death so it was harder to avoid, he also believed that everyone that accused Socrates of his “crimes” was influenced by wickedness. Do I believe this? Yes I do. It is clear as day during the case that when Socrates was questioning Meletus on his views on him Meletus wasn’t consistent with his answers as a good example of that is when Socrates says Meletus is contradicting himself and Socrates says "Socrates is guilty of not believing in god but believing in gods” (pg. 92). Meletus wasn’t wise nor did he care about this situation, I believe Meletus had some sort of influence beforehand that drove him to this