'Well then, since you were brought into the world and nurtured and educated by us, can you deny in the first place that you are our child and slave, as your fathers were before you? And if this is true you are not on equal terms with us; nor can you think that you have a right to do to us what we are doing to you. Would you have any right to strike or revile or do any other evil to your father or your master, if you had one, because you have been struck or reviled by him, or received some other evil at his hands?--you
Basically, he's arguing that he does nor want to live in a state of anarchy. Abiding by the laws of his country have benefitted him greatly up to this point, and he feels it is wrong to subvert the law that now puts him to death. He thinks the ones who accused him are evil, but he was not able to convince the court to free him, so he willingly obeys the law that puts him to death if the majority sentence him so, even if he has a chance to escape...
He feels that he is not above the law. His whole premise is that he is not wise, and does nor think himself above the law either.
