/lit/ - Literature

>>18274307
According to his writings, Plato seems to approve capital punishment, as long as it's done "for the greater good" (of society).

But you also have to understand that
- Plato himself probably believes there's existence after death (although he also argued about the opposite being possible), it's safe to assume he doesn't necessarily see death as "final"
- Plato's visions of ideal society would only put the very finest and wisest individuals (other than the nocturnal council-types) in charge of such judgments; he sees a "wrong" sentence among the highest possible injustices against humanity
- His work and ideas are deeply influenced by his perception of Socrates's sentence as inherently wrong.

I think he would probably be fine with death penalty in a context with near impossible (ideal) societal standards.
That said, it's really hard to pinpoint his genuine thoughts on the matter; he constantly explores contradicting visions of the same themes, using characters with purposely conflicting ideas to create a dialogue that compares multiple arguments/sides.

>>17506203
>bro, everything is like spheres and the spheres are alive and the spheres are our mind, but our mind is divided into two spheres which have to be synchronized in just the right way