Martin Luther King Jr. and Socrates, both born in different times, are both similar in that they both stand for their beliefs, and so different in that which concerns their approach to redemption and their views on the issue of civil disobedience. Dr. King was a victim of his skin color and Socrates of his way of thinking. Socrates and Martin, through the use of persuasion and personality, make it clear that what they did was not civil disobedience, but that they acted for the good of society. For starters, Socrates and King spent time in prison during their labors, King in Birmingham. Prison and Socrates residing in a prison in Greece. Both refused to give up their arguments in exchange for their departure. Socrates believes that the “damage” he has caused can no longer be repaired, saying “if I escape now, your sons will all be completely ruined by listening to my words” (Plato 420). Both are aware that their accusers are not well informed, Socrates says: "He asked the oracle to tell him if anyone was wiser than me, and the Pythian prophetess replied that ...