Wrote nothing - all we have comes from Plato 2. Loved to pursue any discussion to show that truth is hard to define. Truth is usually what men choose to call it rather than what it really is. Chose to die rather than stay and be banished.
Second answer is same, till no answer seems correct.
Before this life Man lived as a soul in the World of Ideas. At birth the soul is imprisoned in the body and made to forget its divine origins, but enough remains to allow judgment. We compare it with the Idea of Beauty. 5. In this life we continue to seek the good and beautiful we were once surrounded by. The soul is immortal.