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mansanti
mansanti

Does Plato have anything good to say about poetry in "Republic"?

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Posted by mansanti on Saturday November 1, 2008 at 10:38 AM and tagged with plato's republic, poetry.

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  1. adamsk
    adamsk Teacher
    Elementary / Primary

    “Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.”

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    Posted by adamsk on Saturday November 1, 2008 at 12:00 PM


  2. gbeatty Teacher
    College - Freshman

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    In "Commentary on Plato's Timaeus" by Proclus, Harold Tarrant, and Dirk Baltzly, the authors note that Plato praises Solon's poetry.

     

    Plato admits that poetry gives us pleasure. Otherwise...not much.

     

    Sources:
    http://classics.uc.edu/~johnson/tragedy/plato&aristotle.html

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    Posted by gbeatty on Saturday November 1, 2008 at 12:09 PM