Plato (Censorship (Ready Reference series))
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Plato’s Republic advocates circumscribing the subject matter of fictional and religious narratives and recommends the expulsion of certain kinds of artists from the ideal state on the grounds of the power that art has to corrupt. The Republic differs considerably from Plato’s Ion, in which art is not considered a potential danger to the state or the character of its citizens. The Republic, then, provides a series of arguments, some still voiced in modern times, that might be held to warrant censorship of certain forms of art.
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