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Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:57:42 en-us <![CDATA[In Plato's Republic, Book10, Socrates argues that the poets are to be...]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/whythe-poets-where-explled-from-republican-city-103593 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/whythe-poets-where-explled-from-republican-city-103593 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:57:42 PST <![CDATA[In understanding why Socrates expels the poets from the Republic, I...]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/whythe-poets-where-explled-from-republican-city-103593 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/whythe-poets-where-explled-from-republican-city-103593 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:41:41 PST <![CDATA[Why were the poets expelled from the Republic?]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/whythe-poets-where-explled-from-republican-city-103593 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/whythe-poets-where-explled-from-republican-city-103593 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:15:23 PST <![CDATA[asuming knowledge is important for ethics?]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/why-should-any-person-god-100035 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/why-should-any-person-god-100035 Tue, 8 Sep 2009 07:10:43 PST <![CDATA[As per my own views and the ideas of Plato contained in in The Republic...]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/why-should-any-person-god-100035 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/why-should-any-person-god-100035 Mon, 7 Sep 2009 21:17:44 PST <![CDATA[Why should any person be god?]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/why-should-any-person-god-100035 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/why-should-any-person-god-100035 Mon, 7 Sep 2009 20:09:18 PST <![CDATA[In book three of the republic-"The Noble Lie. What is the purpose of...]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/book-three-republic-noble-lie-what-purpose-96083 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/book-three-republic-noble-lie-what-purpose-96083 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:45:34 PST <![CDATA[Aristotle did not really clearly favor any one form over another. If you...]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/what-form-government-did-aristotle-favor-95485 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/what-form-government-did-aristotle-favor-95485 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:53:28 PST <![CDATA[What form of government did Aristotle  favor?]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/what-form-government-did-aristotle-favor-95485 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/what-form-government-did-aristotle-favor-95485 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:42:06 PST <![CDATA[He feel that music and justice is related. If people love art more, they...]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/what-relationship-between-music-justice-for-plato-154 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/what-relationship-between-music-justice-for-plato-154 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:31:06 PST <![CDATA[For Plato, justice is about balance ... everyone doing the task which...]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/explain-how-socrates-finds-out-what-justice-how-85407 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/explain-how-socrates-finds-out-what-justice-how-85407 Tue, 26 May 2009 11:24:37 PST <![CDATA[Explain how Socrates finds out what justice is and how that discovery...]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/explain-how-socrates-finds-out-what-justice-how-85407 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/explain-how-socrates-finds-out-what-justice-how-85407 Fri, 22 May 2009 18:16:37 PST <![CDATA[In the book, The republic how does Socrates use the 5 forms of government?]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/book-republic-how-does-socrates-use-5-forms-83739 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/book-republic-how-does-socrates-use-5-forms-83739 Wed, 13 May 2009 18:29:48 PST <![CDATA[Plato discusses the role of music in the development of soldiers in Book...]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/what-relationaship-between-music-justice-for-plato-15749 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/what-relationaship-between-music-justice-for-plato-15749 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:24:36 PST <![CDATA[In "Commentary on Plato's Timaeus" by Proclus, Harold Tarrant,...]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/does-plato-have-anything-good-say-about-poetry-44539 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/does-plato-have-anything-good-say-about-poetry-44539 Sat, 1 Nov 2008 12:09:02 PST <![CDATA[“Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.”]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/does-plato-have-anything-good-say-about-poetry-44539 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/does-plato-have-anything-good-say-about-poetry-44539 Sat, 1 Nov 2008 12:00:12 PST <![CDATA[Does Plato have anything good to say about poetry in "Republic"?]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/does-plato-have-anything-good-say-about-poetry-44539 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/does-plato-have-anything-good-say-about-poetry-44539 Sat, 1 Nov 2008 10:38:16 PST <![CDATA[Actually he does have good things to say about poetry.  Don't just look...]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/has-plato-got-anything-good-say-about-poetry-43827 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/has-plato-got-anything-good-say-about-poetry-43827 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:59:26 PST <![CDATA[Not really.  He says many things such as poetry cripples the intellect...]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/has-plato-got-anything-good-say-about-poetry-43827 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/has-plato-got-anything-good-say-about-poetry-43827 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:50:50 PST <![CDATA[Does Plato have anything good to say about Poetry? ]]> http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/has-plato-got-anything-good-say-about-poetry-43827 http://www.enotes.com/platos-republic/q-and-a/has-plato-got-anything-good-say-about-poetry-43827 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:56:18 PST