Socrates: Should He Stay or Should He Go

In class, we recently learned about the philosophy of Socrates. I think that is it really interesting that Socrates thought that true knowledge was the understanding that you really don't know anything. So basically he is saying that you need to accept the fact that nobody can know everything because thinking that you know everything is actually quite arrogant.
Also, I thought that it was interesting that he went around talking to different people to see who was smart and who was pretend smart. He would ask people different questions and see if they end up contradicting themselves or if they can actually articulate their thoughts and know what they really mean. Because isn't that the most important thing when answering a question? To know what you mean? I think that it is pretty important when explaining something. Apparently, Socrates thought so too. He found that a lot of people actually could not properly answer his questions so in the end he was knew more than them. This, I think, is just part of his pursuit of power because what philosopher doesn't want power?

So, should Socrates stay or should he go? This is the question we were asked to answer about wether he should stay in jail even though he had the opportunity to escape, or should he go by taking that opportunity. I was put into a group that had to argue why Socrates should stay in jail. My group said that Socrates should stay out of respect for the law because if he leaves then basically he is saying that he is above the law and that would not be right. He also probably did not want others to follow in his example and break the law too. It would also be unfair for him to take his opportunity to escape because not everyone is given that opportunity. Personally, if I wasn't assigned anything, I would say that he should leave jail. I am pretty sure that, when given the opportunity, most people would try to escape from jail and potential (in his case, certain) death. Also, all he was doing was spreading teachings so, if you believe in human rights, arresting him would be taking away his human right to freedom of speech. I just personally believe that people can't be arrested for talking, not because it is a human right, but because people don't ahem the right to arrest you for that reason.