The Myth of the After Life

The tyrant is already the most miserable creature on this earth. Isn't it a failure of nerve on plato's part to insist that this tyrant must be the most miserable in the after life as well? It's almost as if he doesn't have the courage of his convictions, or he expects us, readers to fail in our courage. The problem appears again and more explicitly in the republic. As you'll remember, this masterpiece of plato is devoted to showing that justice is advantageous and hence choice worthy.