Plato's "Socrates' Dialectic Kriton" Synopsis and Impressions - Surprised at the similarities between Master and Disciple Socrates Plato and Master and Disciple Honen and Shinran...
Plato wrote "The State" in reaction to the unjust execution of his respected teacher Socrates.
The work "Socrates' Defense" is about why Socrates had to be executed.
Shinran himself, like Plato, experienced firsthand how his respected teacher had to be unreasonably punished.
In part, Shinran wrote his main work "Kyogyoshinsho" in order to refute such irrationality.
The similarity of the "regret" experienced by Plato and Shinran was a thrill for me.